Federalist No. 47

Federalist No. 47
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 47
AuthorJames Madison
Original titleThe Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Federalist
PublisherNew York Packet
Publication date
January 30, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 46 
Followed byFederalist No. 48 

Federalist No. 47 is the forty-seventh paper from The Federalist Papers. It was first published by The New York Packet on January 30, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist Papers were published, but its actual author was James Madison. This paper examines the separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government under the proposed United States Constitution due to the confusion of the concept at the citizen level. It is titled "The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts".

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