Federalist No. 62

Federalist No. 62
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 62
AuthorJames Madison
Original titleThe Senate
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Federalist
PublisherNew York Packet
Publication date
February 27, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 61 
Followed byFederalist No. 63 

Federalist No. 62 is an essay written by James Madison as the sixty-second of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays initiated by Alexander Hamilton arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. It was first published in The New York Packet on February 27, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius. Federalist No. 62 is the first of two essays by Madison detailing, and seeking to justify, the organization of the United States Senate, and is titled "The Senate".

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