Federalist Papers: Madison

James Madison contributed a substantial number of essays under the pen name Publius (as did Alexander Hamilton and John Jay), in the vital interval after the Constitutional Convention but before the 13 former colonies of Great Britain could be brought to agree. During this time the first Ten Amendments were added to the document to satisfy each new state that a satisfactory nation could be established with respect for all. These essays, later called the Federalist Papers, show the deep thin...