The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members

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"The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members" is an essay in The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, that defends and explains the constitutional authority of Congress over the regulation of congressional elections.

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instanceOf Federalist Paper ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
addresses concerns about aristocratic or oligarchic influence in congressional elections ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Federalist No. 60 ⓘ
argues that congressional power over elections is necessary to preserve the Union ⓘ
that fears of congressional abuse of election regulations are exaggerated ⓘ
that the House of Representatives cannot be easily corrupted by a few states controlling elections ⓘ
author Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
centralClaim Congress must have ultimate authority to regulate the times, places, and manner of holding elections for its members ⓘ
state control alone over congressional elections could endanger the federal government ⓘ
citationStyleTitle Federalist No. 60: The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members ⓘ
linked to: Federalist No. 60
collectionEditors Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Jay ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discusses Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Section 4 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
federalistNumber 60 ⓘ
genre constitutional commentary ⓘ
historicalPeriod Founding era of the United States ⓘ
includedIn first collected book edition of The Federalist ⓘ
influenced later constitutional interpretation of congressional election powers ⓘ
intendedAudience voters of New York ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium newspaper essay ⓘ
originalPublicationFormat serial newspaper publication ⓘ
partOf The Federalist Papers ⓘ
politicalAlignment Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
politicalContext debate over ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
publicationDate 1788 ⓘ
publishedIn New York ⓘ
The New York Packet ⓘ
purpose to defend the constitutional authority of Congress over the regulation of congressional elections ⓘ
to respond to Anti-Federalist objections about congressional control of elections ⓘ
relatedWork Federalist No. 59 ⓘ
Federalist No. 61 ⓘ
sequenceInSeries follows Federalist No. 59 ⓘ
precedes Federalist No. 61 ⓘ
seriesNumber 60 ⓘ
topic United States Constitution ⓘ
election of members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
powers of the United States Congress ⓘ
regulation of congressional elections ⓘ

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Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States → followedBy → The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members ⓘ
The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members → centralClaim → Congress must have ultimate authority to regulate the times, places, and manner of holding elections for its members ⓘ
linked to: The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
Federalist No. 60 → hasAlternativeTitle → The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members) ⓘ
linked to: The Same Subject Continued: The Powers of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members