Federalist No. 65 is an essay

Essay

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 by Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

 and the sixty-fifth of the Federalist Papers

Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788...

. It was published on March 7, 1788 under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. Titled, "The Powers of the Senate Continued", it carries on a theme begun by John Jay

John Jay

John Jay was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the first Chief Justice of the United States ....

 in Federalist No. 64

Federalist No. 64

Federalist No. 64 is an essay by John Jay, the sixty-fourth of the Federalist Papers. It was published on March 5, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. It is titled, "The Powers of the Senate." This theme was continued in Federalist No....

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This paper discusses the power of the Senate to try impeachment cases.

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