The first of The Federalist Papers were published 225 years ago this weekend. Weekend Edition host Rachel Martin talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham about their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay (credit: Wikimedia Commons) Between October 1787 and May 1788, Alexander Hamilton, ...

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between October 1787 and May 1788, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay undertook what was essentially a public ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison. Their goal was to urge voters to ratify the newly-drafted United States ...

Peter Berkowitz has a column in the WSJ entitled: Why Colleges Don’t Teach the Federalist Papers. This headline caught my eye for a couple of reasons. The first being the obvious fact that as a ...

The 57th of 85 articles favoring ratification of the U.S. Constitution appeared on this day in 1787 in New York City newspapers. The articles came to be known as the Federalist Papers. Virginia’s ...

The first installment of the Federalist Papers was published by Alexander Hamilton 229 years ago today — October 27, 1787. Writing under the pseudonym Publius, which he would share with John Jay and ...

The Federalist Papers were basically “letters to the editor” submissions to the 18th century colonial newspapers with the objective of selling the newly drafted Constitution, later ratified in 1788.

On this day in 1787, the 57th of 85 articles favoring ratification of the Constitution appeared in New York newspapers. The articles came to be known as the Federalist Papers. James Madison, the ...