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[1] [13] Alexander Hamilton, along with many other Framers, believed the solution to this and problems of federal law enforcement could be solved with a strong general government. [1] [14] [15] Alexander Hamilton greatly admired the British monarchy, and sought to create a similarly strong unitary executive in the United States.
Federalist No. 67 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the sixty-seventh of The Federalist Papers.This essay's title is "The Executive Department" and begins a series of eleven separate papers discussing the powers and limitations of that branch.
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. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.
Federalist No. 23 Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 23 Author Alexander Hamilton Original title The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union Language English Series The Federalist Publisher New York Packet Publication date December 18, 1787 Publication place United States Media type Newspaper Preceded by Federalist No. 22 Followed ...
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.
The passage, "For forms of government let fools contest, That which is best administered is best," is a paraphrase of Alexander Pope's An Essay On Man (Chapter 4, Epistle 3, section VI), which Hamilton uses to talk about the presidential election process as a model for producing good administration. In Pope, "That which" is replaced by "Whatever".
The key provision in Hamilton's fiscal reform was termed "assumption" and called for the 13 states to consolidate their outstanding debt of $25 million [68] and to transfer it to the federal government for servicing under a general funding plan. [69] Hamilton's chief objectives were both economic and political.
Alexander Hamilton: 71: March 18, 1788 The Duration in Office of the Executive Alexander Hamilton: 72: March 19, 1788 The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered Alexander Hamilton: 73: March 21, 1788 The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power Alexander Hamilton: 74: March 25, 1788