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The Essex Junto was a powerful group of New England Federalist Party lawyers, merchants, and politicians, so called because many in the original group were from Essex County, Massachusetts. Origins and definition
Some Federalist leaders (Essex Junto) began courting Jefferson's vice president and Hamilton's nemesis Aaron Burr in an attempt to swing New York into an independent confederation with the New England states, which along with New York were supposed to secede from the United States after Burr's election to Governor. However, Hamilton's influence ...
The term "tertium quids" was first used in 1804 to refer to the moderates, especially a faction of the Republican Party that called itself the Society of Constitutional Republicans. [1] The faction gathered Federalist support and in 1805 re-elected Governor Thomas McKean , who had been elected by a united Republican Party in 1802 but had broken ...
In politics, he was active as one of the Federalist leaders in the state. He was a member of the Essex County convention of 1778—called to protest against the proposed state constitution—and as a member of the "Essex Junto" was probably the author of The Essex Result, which helped to secure the constitution's rejection at the polls. [2]
The Federalist Society invites to its events "capable liberal advocates to try to rebut conservative perspectives." [1] The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy is the Federalist Society's official journal, and a subscription is provided to members. [13] The Federalist Society is a client of the public relations firm Creative Response ...
The militia leader came before Val Verde County commissioners at their regular meeting in this border town 200 miles west of San Antonio wearing a straw cowboy hat, boots and a T-shirt emblazoned ...
Her first book, Ideas with Consequences, about the Federalist Society, won the 2016 C. Herman Pritchett award, the American Political Science Association's award for best legal studies book. [ 6 ] Her second book, Separate but Faithful , was written with Joshua C. Wilson and focuses on the Christian conservative legal movement.
Some Federalist leaders (see Essex Junto) began courting Burr in an attempt to swing New York into an independent confederation with the New England states, which along with New York were supposed to secede from the United States after Burr's election to Governor. However, Hamilton's influence cost Burr the governorship of New York, a key in ...