The Federalist Analysis

The room is sweltering hot. The flies are buzzing. Suspense is rising and ideas are turning into a cacophony of aggressive and intelligent voices. The room is full of arguing men who are taking sides when they are supposed to be working together. Suddenly, a timid, soft-spoken man of 5’6” emerges from his world of note taking. He had had enough. His gentle yet passionate voice silences the others as it begins to speak reason into the field of chaos. The owner of this wonderful voice of logic and wisdom was James Madison (at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia). From barely being heard, to silencing a group of powerful, significant men, or even becoming president, Madison did it all. Growing up as a sickly child, James loved to read. From that, academics swept him off of his feet, leading him towards a successful carrier in politics. Through politics, Madison, father of the Constitution, accomplished both minor and major tasks which all assisted the promising future of America. He helped write the Federalist Papers, …show more content…
What were they originally intended to do? Why is it such a prodigious accomplishment on Madison’s part? The well respected Federalist Papers were a series of 85 persuasive essays anonymously published with the sole purpose to convince the states, specifically New York, to ratify The Constitution. Although published anonymously, the Federalist Papers were soon found to be written by three outstanding and authoritative men: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The leader of this ratifying crusade was Hamilton, who himself wrote roughly 51 (60%) of the 85 essays. Madison composed about 29 (34.11%) and Jay drafted 5 (5.89%), which all add up to 85. Despite the fact that Madison created only 34% of the essays, he no doubt produced the most prominent and phenomenal one of them all- Federalist Paper No. 10. This was the first of Madison’s 29 papers published. (Beginner’s