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His collaboration with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay produced the Federalist Papers ( 1788 ).
He, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers, a series of 85 newspaper articles published in New York to explain how the proposed Constitution would work, mainly by responding to criticisms from anti-federalists.
The historian Clinton Rossiter called the Federalist Papersthe most important work in political science that ever has been written, or is likely ever to be written, in the United States .” They were not scholarly arguments or impartial justifications for the constitution, but political polemics intended to assist the federalists in New York, which was the only state to have a coordinated anti-federalist movement.
The concept of judicial review was discussed in the Federalist Papers.
" ( The Federalist Papers Number 9 and 51 ).
A major protagonist for the Constitution of the United States, and the single greatest contributor to the Federalist Papers, advocating for the constitution's ratification through detailed examinations of its construction, philosophical and moral basis, and intent.
Played a key role in the writing of the United States Constitution and providing a theoretical justification for it in his contributions to the Federalist Papers ; author of the American Bill of Rights.
However, the Federalist Papers give us an insight as to the intent of the Founders.
Central documents include the Declaration of Independence ( 1776 ), the Constitution ( 1787 ), the Federalist Papers ( 1788 ), the Bill of Rights ( 1791 ), and Lincoln's " Gettysburg Address " ( 1863 ), among others.
" In America the same political labels ( Democratic and Republican ) cover virtually all public officeholders, and therefore most voters are everywhere mobilized in the name of these two parties ," says Nelson W. Polsby, professor of political science, in the book New Federalist Papers: Essays in Defense of the Constitution.
* 1787 – 1788: Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
* October 27 – The first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U. S. Constitution, is published in a New York paper.
A well-known American was the pen name " Publius ", used by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, in writing The Federalist Papers.
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The concept that underlies social capital has a much longer history ; thinkers exploring the relation between associational life and democracy were using similar concepts regularly by the 19th century, drawing on the work of earlier writers such as James Madison ( The Federalist Papers ) and Alexis de Tocqueville ( Democracy in America ) to integrate concepts of social cohesion and connectedness into the pluralist tradition in American political science.
Title page of the first printing of the Federalist Papers ( 1788 )
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
The series ' correct title is The Federalist ; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century.
The authors of The Federalist Papers wanted to influence the vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution.
Alexander Hamilton, author of the majority of the Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers appeared in three New York newspapers: the Independent Journal, the New-York Packet, and the Daily Advertiser, beginning on October 27, 1787.
John Jay, author of five of the Federalist Papers, later became the first Chief Justice of the United States
The Federalist Papers ( specifically Federalist No. 84 ) are notable for their opposition to what later became the United States Bill of Rights.

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In " Federalist No. 46 ," James Madison asserted that the states and national government " are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with different powers.
" Alexander Hamilton, writing in " Federalist No. 28 ," suggested that both levels of government would exercise authority to the citizens ' benefit: " If their peoples ' rights are invaded by either, they can make use of the other as the instrument of redress.
On February 12, 1788, Madison in the Federalist Letter No. 54, stated that the Constitutional three-fifths compromise clause was the best alternative for the slaves current condition and for determining representation of citizens in Congress.
Alexander Hamilton asserted in Federalist No. 78 that under the Constitution, the federal courts would have not just the power, but the duty, to examine the constitutionality of statutes:
The framers of the Constitution took care to limit the president's powers regarding the military ; Alexander Hamilton explains this in Federalist No. 69: Congress, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, must authorize any troop deployments longer than 60 days, although that process relies on triggering mechanisms that have never been employed, rendering it ineffectual.
This understanding of the term was originally developed by James Madison, and notably employed in Federalist Paper No. 10.
In Federalist No. 43 James Madison wrote regarding the Treason Clause:
A republican form of government is distinguished from a pure democracy, which the Founding Fathers wanted to avoid ; as James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 10, " Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention ; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property ; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
Federalist No. 10, in which Madison discusses the means of preventing rule by majority faction and advocates a large, commercial republic, is generally regarded as the most important of the 85 articles from a philosophical perspective ; it is complemented by Federalist No. 14, in which Madison takes the measure of the United States, declares it appropriate for an extended republic, and concludes with a memorable defense of the constitutional and political creativity of the Federal Convention.
In Federalist No. 84, Hamilton makes the case that there is no need to amend the Constitution by adding a Bill of Rights, insisting that the various provisions in the proposed Constitution protecting liberty amount to a bill of rights.
Federalist No. 78, also written by Hamilton, lays the groundwork for the doctrine of judicial review by federal courts of federal legislation or executive acts.
Federalist No. 70 presents Hamilton's case for a one-man chief executive.
In Federalist No. 39, Madison presents the clearest exposition of what has come to be called " Federalism ".
In Federalist No. 51, Madison distills arguments for checks and balances in a memorable essay often quoted for its justification of government as " the greatest of all reflections on human nature.
He wrote in Federalist No. 1 that the series would " endeavor to give a satisfactory answer to all the objections which shall have made their appearance, that may seem to have any claim to your attention.
2, 3, 4, and 5 ), fell ill and contributed only one more essay, Federalist No. 64, to the series ; though he wrote a pamphlet in the spring of 1788, An Address to the People of the State of New-York, that made his distilled case for the Constitution ( Hamilton cited it approvingly in Federalist No. 85 ).
New essays continued to appear in the newspapers ; Federalist No. 77 was the last number to appear first in that form, on April 2.

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Principal author of `` The Federalist '', he swung New York over from opposition to the Constitution to ratification almost single-handedly.
* Martin, James P. When Repression Is Democratic and Constitutional: The Federalist Theory of Representation and the Sedition Act of 1798.
Alexander Hamilton emphasized in The Federalist that this New York constitutional provision expressly made the common law subject " to such alterations and provisions as the legislature shall from time to time make concerning the same.
These policies became the basis of the Federalist Party in the 1790s.
His opponent in these races, Caleb Strong, was a popular moderate Federalist, whose party dominated the state's politics despite a national shift toward the Republicans.
Republican James Sullivan won the governor's seat from Strong in 1807, but his successor was unable to hold the seat in the 1809 election, which went to Federalist Christopher Gore.
In his second term he became notably more partisan, purging much of the state government of Federalist appointees.
The Federalist party of the United States were opposed by the Democratic-Republicans, including powerful figures such as Thomas Jefferson.
Although never officially joining the Federalist Party, he supported its programs.
Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton had bold plans to establish the national credit and build a financially powerful nation, and formed the basis of the Federalist Party.
In the United States the Federalist Style contained many elements of Georgian style, but incorporated revolutionary symbols.
" Federalist newspapers editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was a blend of that word and Governor Gerry's last name.
It is widely believed by historians that Federalist newspaper editors Nathan Hale, Benjamin and John Russell were the instigators, but the historical record gives no definitive evidence as to who created or uttered the word for the first time.
The word gerrymander was reprinted numerous times in Federalist newspapers in Massachusetts, New England, and nationwide during the remainder of 1812.
He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties.
In November 1802 he ran as a Federalist for the United States House of Representatives and lost.
The Massachusetts General Court elected Adams as a Federalist to the U. S. Senate soon after, and he served from March 4, 1803, until 1808, when he broke with the Federalist Party.

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