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Essay
Dolley Madison: First Lady and Queen
Whatever else you can say about Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768–1849), she was famous. She was so well known and well regarded in her lifetime that, at her death in 1849, both houses of Congress adjourned, along with the Supreme Court, to join President Zachary Taylor, escorting her coffin in the largest...
Essay
The Antifederalists: The Other Founders of the American Constitutional Tradition?
The Great Debate
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“No Event Could Have Filled Me with Greater Anxieties”: George Washington and the First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
George Washington’s fame rests not upon his words but upon his deeds. Therefore, his First Inaugural Address is sometimes overlooked. This is unfortunate because the words he delivered on Thursday,...
Glossary Term – Event
Federalist Papers published
The first of the Federalist Papers—a series of essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison supporting the Constitution—was published.
Glossary Term – Event
Judiciary Act of 1801
The Judiciary Act of 1801 increased the number of federal courts, judgeships, clerks, and marshals. President Adams, whose term of office was about to expire, quickly filled the new positions with Federalists.
Glossary Term – Event
Pickering and Chase impeached
John Pickering, a judge of the District of New Hampshire, and Samuel Chase, a Supreme Court justice, were impeached when President Thomas Jefferson led an effort to remove Federalist judges from office. Pickering was convicted and removed from office on March 12, 1804, but Chase was aquitted and returned to his position on March 1, 1805.