The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison
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1. Front matter2. FEDERALIST No. 1. General Introduction3. FEDERALIST No. 2. Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence4. FEDERALIST No. 3. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence)5. FEDERALIST No. 4. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence)6. FEDERALIST No. 5. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence)7. FEDERALIST No. 6. Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States8. FEDERALIST No. 7. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States)9. FEDERALIST No. 8. The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States10. FEDERALIST No. 9. The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection11. FEDERALIST No. 10. The Same Subject Continued (The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection)12. FEDERALIST No. 11. The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy13. FEDERALIST No. 12. The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue14. FEDERALIST No. 13. Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government15. FEDERALIST No. 14. Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered16. FEDERALIST No. 15. The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union17. FEDERALIST No. 16. The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)18. FEDERALIST No. 17. The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)19. FEDERALIST No. 18. The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)20. FEDERALIST No. 19. The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)21. FEDERALIST No. 20. The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union)22. FEDERALIST No. 21. Other Defects of the Present Confederation23. FEDERALIST No. 22. The Same Subject Continued (Other Defects of the Present Confederation)24. FEDERALIST No. 23. The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union25. FEDERALIST No. 24. The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered26. FEDERALIST No. 25. The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered)27. FEDERALIST No. 26. The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered.28. FEDERALIST No. 27. The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered)29. FEDERALIST No. 28. The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered)30. FEDERALIST No. 29. Concerning the Militia31. FEDERALIST No. 30. Concerning the General Power of Taxation32. FEDERALIST No. 31. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)33. FEDERALIST No. 32. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)34. FEDERALIST No. 33. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)35. FEDERALIST No. 34. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)36. FEDERALIST No. 35. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)37. FEDERALIST No. 36. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)38. FEDERALIST No. 37. Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government.39. FEDERALIST No. 38. The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed.40. FEDERALIST No. 39. The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles41. FEDERALIST No. 40. On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained.42. FEDERALIST No. 41. General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution43. FEDERALIST No. 42. The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered44. FEDERALIST No. 43. The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered)45. FEDERALIST No. 44. Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States46. FEDERALIST No. 45. The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments.47. FEDERALIST No. 46. The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared48. FEDERALIST No. 47. The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts.49. FEDERALIST No. 48. These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other.50. FEDERALIST No. 49. Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention.51. FEDERALIST No. 50. Periodical Appeals to the People Considered52. FEDERALIST No. 51. The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.53. FEDERALIST No. 52. The House of Representatives54. FEDERALIST No. 53. The Same Subject Continued (The House of Representatives)55. FEDERALIST No. 54. The Apportionment of Members Among the States56. FEDERALIST No. 55. The Total Number of the House of Representatives57. FEDERALIST No. 56. The Same Subject Continued (The Total Number of the House of Representatives)58. FEDERALIST No. 57. The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation.59. FEDERALIST No. 58. Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands.60. FEDERALIST No. 59. Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members61. FEDERALIST No. 60. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members)62. FEDERALIST No. 61. The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members)63. FEDERALIST No. 62. The Senate64. FEDERALIST No. 63. The Senate Continued65. FEDERALIST No. 64. The Powers of the Senate66. FEDERALIST No. 65. The Powers of the Senate Continued67. FEDERALIST No. 66. Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered.68. FEDERALIST No. 67. The Executive Department69. FEDERALIST No. 68. The Mode of Electing the President70. FEDERALIST No. 69. The Real Character of the Executive71. FEDERALIST No. 70. The Executive Department Further Considered72. FEDERALIST No. 71. The Duration in Office of the Executive73. FEDERALIST No. 72. The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered.74. FEDERALIST No. 73. The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power75. FEDERALIST No. 74. The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive.76. FEDERALIST No. 75. The Treaty-Making Power of the Executive77. FEDERALIST No. 76. The Appointing Power of the Executive78. FEDERALIST No. 77. The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered.79. FEDERALIST No. 78. The Judiciary Department80. FEDERALIST No. 79. The Judiciary Continued81. FEDERALIST No. 80. The Powers of the Judiciary82. FEDERALIST No. 81. The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority.83. FEDERALIST No. 82. The Judiciary Continued.84. FEDERALIST No. 83. The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury85. FEDERALIST No. 84. Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered.86. FEDERALIST No. 85. Concluding Remarks