Federalist No. 77

Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 77

Federalist No. 77 (Federalist Number 77) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton and the seventy-seventh of The Federalist Papers. It was published on April 2, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist Papers were published. The title is, "The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered", and it is the last in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers and limitations of the Executive branch.

In this paper, Hamilton discusses the power of the Senate to approve a president's appointments.

Further reading

• Jeremy D. Bailey, The Traditional View of Hamilton’s Federalist No. 77 and an Unexpected Challenge, 33 Harvard J.L. & Pub. Policy 169 (2010).
• The Puzzle of Hamilton's Federalist No. 77, 33 Harvard J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 149 (2010).
• Dietze, Gottfried. The Federalist: A Classic on Federalism and Free Government, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1960.
• Epstein, David F. The Political Theory of the Federalist, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1984.
• Gray, Leslie, and Wynell Burroughs. "Teaching With Documents: Ratification of the Constitution," Social Education, 51 (1987): 322-324.
• Kesler, Charles R. Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding, New York: 1987.
• Patrick, John J., and Clair W. Keller. Lessons on the Federalist Papers: Supplements to High School Courses in American History, Government and Civics, Bloomington, IN: Organization of American Historians in association with ERIC/ChESS, 1987. ED 280 764.
• Schechter, Stephen L. Teaching about American Federal Democracy, Philadelphia: Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple University, 1984. ED 248 161.
• Sunstein, Cass R. The Enlarged Republic—Then and Now, New York Review of Books, (March 26, 2009): Volume LVI, Number 5, 45. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22453
• Webster, Mary E. The Federalist Papers: In Modern Language Indexed for Today's Political Issues. Bellevue, WA.: Merril Press, 1999.
• White, Morton. Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution, New York: 1987.
• Yarbrough, Jean. "The Federalist". This Constitution: A Bicentennial Chronicle, 16 (1987): 4-9. SO 018 489
• Zebra Edition. The Federalist Papers: (Or, How Government is Supposed to Work), Edited for Readability. Oakesdale, WA: Lucky Zebra Press, 2007.

External links

• Federalist No. 77 Text