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Federalist No. 65

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Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 65

Federalist No. 65 (Federalist Number 65) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton and the sixty-fifth of The Federalist Papers. It was published on March 7, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist Papers were published. Titled "The Powers of the Senate Continued", it carries on a theme begun by John Jay in Federalist No. 64.

This paper discusses the power of the Senate to try impeachment cases.