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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
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]
Goodhue was a supporter of the strong central government, and joined the Federalist Party when it was organized. He was one of a number of prominent Federalists from Essex County that were described by John Hancock as the "Essex Junto". He was one of two Congressmen who drafted the nation's first revenue code.
Later, while practicing law, he remained an active reformer, on behalf of vocational education and humane treatment of prisoners. He also helped establish the American Temperance Society to discourage use and abuse of alcoholic beverages. [3] He was a member of the Federalist Party and its Essex Junto. [10]
[1] [2]: 52 He was part of a group of Federalists called the Essex Junto, which included his cousin George Cabot and Theophilus Parsons. [2]: 41–42 He was the author of the Laco letters in February and March 1789. [2]: 125 He became justice of the peace in Massachusetts in 1782 and of the Quorum in 1788. [2]: 233
The Federalist Society is a conservative legal organization that advocates for textualism, a favored legal philosophy of DeSantis. When Lopez and others were appointed judges in December, all were ...
He was a member of the Federalist Party, specifically its Essex Junto. James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in 1794 that "Ames is said to owe his success to the votes of negroes and British sailors smuggled under a very lax mode of conducting the election there." [26]
Two Federalist Society members face off in judicial primary. Gannett. Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer. March 7, 2024 at 11:09 AM. 12th District Court of Appeals primary.