Dolley Madison

papers were written in 1787 and 1788 (anonymously at the time) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay which wrote under the pen name “Publius”. The Federalist papers consisted of eighty-five essays that argues of their support to the United States Constitution; The papers urged citizens to ratify the Constitution of the United States. The Federalist paper No. 10 was written by James Madison. James Madison took the same subject as the Federalist paper No. 9 which was written by…

brought to light again in 1803, in the case of Marbury v. Madison. Judges were appointed by Federalist John Adams in his last moments of presidency, but Democrat-Republican Thomas Jefferson disagreed with them. Though the “midnight judges” had been confirmed by the Senate -- with prepared commissions -- President Jefferson ordered Secretary of State James Madison to not deliver the commissions. These “midnight judges” followed by sueing Madison in the Supreme Court, citing his position as the…

Federalist No. 51, “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances between the Different Departments,” James Madison has presented his main idea that the states should be independent. Throughout the essay, he put emphasis and clarified on the point that the government structures should create possibilities and give effort for the liberty. Madison proposed that every branch of the state has to be independent as well as no branch should have a lot of power to select…

What if I told you that American politics polar opposites date all the way back to the beginning of our countries creation in the 1700's; from todays Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders to the 1790's Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton. In the 1790's George Washington was president. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were members of Washington's cabinet. During that time these men had many opposing views and very few similarities. One of the reasons why people then and now, especially…

James Madison the president who got the white house burned down and started the war of 1812. James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway. He grew up the oldest of 12 kids. He lived on the Mount Pleasant plantation in Orange County, Virginia. When he reach adulthood the Mount Pleasant plantation was passed on to him. After the plantation was passed on to him he bought more land and slaves.In 1794 James Madison married Dolly Payne Todd who was a 26 year old widow. Before becoming…

Although the Federalist and anti-Federalist parties disagreed as to how much power the national authority needed, both parties agreed that a national authority was needed and that the national authority would require an individual source of income to function as it should. Both the Federalist and the anti-Federalist Parties also agreed that the people needed protection against dictatorship and other forms of tyranny. Even though neither party completely liked every part of the Constitution, both…

The Founding Fathers wanted a government run by the population. After the Constitution was ratified, there were many political disputes. One of the most prominent political battle was between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. The author of the Declaration of Independence strongly believed in a government that gave power to the people, rather than a strong central government. Jefferson’s supporters called themselves the Democratic-Republicans. However, Jefferson did not make significant…

Convention and the debate over the ratification of the constitution in 1787 is a struggle between two points of view. On one side you have the Federalists and on the other Anti-federalists. Leading the Federalist enterprise was Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay who wrote eighty-five essays that were to convince the people of New York to vote for the newly written Constitution. The new…

Political party has long been dividing people: From the Whigs to the Tories; socialist to conservative; Left wings to the right. Government tends to have two polar sides. For George Washington’s farewell address, he wrote “Let me...warn you in the most solemn manner against the bane ful effects of the spirit of party...it serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the…

Elizabeth Price Foley once said, “Federalism isn’t about the states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty”. Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and James Madison are the founders of Federalism. They began Federalism for a couple reasons. The reasons are to avoid tyranny, to allow more participation in politics, and to use states as “laboratories” for new ideas and programs (ushistory.org, Page 3a). Federalism, however, can be a very confusing topic and…