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Alexander Hamilton writes that energy in the executive is "the leading character in the definition of good government." [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 36 ] Some scholars equate Hamiltonian "energy" to presidential "activity," while others describe energy as a president's eagerness to act on the behalf of his constituents.
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S ...
The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth of The Federalist Papers. Like all of The Federalist papers, it was published under the pseudonym Publius . Titled " The Judiciary Department ", Federalist No. 78 was published May 28, 1788, and first appeared in a newspaper on June 14 of the same year.
Federalist No. 84 is a political essay by American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, the eighty-fourth and penultimate essay in a series known as The Federalist Papers.It was published July 16, July 26, and August 9, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist Papers were published.
Hamilton makes many interesting points, one of which includes his statement, "An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state to the acquisition of wealth." [ 1 ] Simply put, a president who is greedy or develops greed might be tempted to use this treaty making power to line his own pockets for a financial gain.
The Compromise of 1790 was a compromise among Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, where Hamilton won the decision for the national government to take over and pay the state debts, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the District of Columbia, for the South.
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, John Trumbull, 1792. In United States history, the Report on the Subject of Manufactures, generally referred to by its shortened title Report on Manufactures, is the third of four major reports, and magnum opus, of American Founding Father and first U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.