Federalist No. 67

Federalist No. 67
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 67
AuthorAlexander Hamilton
Original titleThe Executive Department
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe New York Packet
Publication date
March 11, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 66 
Followed byFederalist No. 68 

Federalist No. 67 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the sixty-seventh of The Federalist Papers. This essay's title is "The Executive Department" and begins a series of eleven separate papers discussing the powers and limitations of that branch. Federalist No. 67 was published under the pseudonym Publius, like the rest of the Federalist Papers. It was published in the New York Packet on Tuesday, March 11, 1788.[1]

In this paper, Hamilton distinguishes between the president's constitutionally limited executive powers and the far more extensive powers of a monarch as a ruler. He also chastises opponents of the Constitution who claim the U.S. President is granted excessive power by being allowed to fill vacancies in the U.S. Senate. Hamilton points out that this is a misreading, as the President's power applies to vacancies of executive officers, which does not include the Senate.

  1. ^ "The Federalist #67". Retrieved October 19, 2016.