Federalist No. 69

Federalist No. 69
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 69
AuthorAlexander Hamilton
Original titleThe Real Character of the Executive
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe Independent Journal, New York Packet, The Daily Advertiser
Publication date
March 14, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 68 
Followed byFederalist No. 70 

Federalist No. 69 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the sixty-ninth of The Federalist Papers. It was published on March 14, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, under which all The Federalist papers were published. The title is "The Real Character of the Executive", and is the third in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers and limitations of the Executive branch in response to the Anti-Federalist Papers, and in comparison to the King of Great Britain's powers.