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James Madison, author of Federalist No. 52
Federalist No. 52 is an essay by James Madison, the fifty-second of the Federalist Papers. It was published in the New York Packet on February 8, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. This essay is the first of two examining the structure of the United States House of Representatives under the proposed United States Constitution. It is titled, "The House of Representatives."
The essay is largely concerned with qualifications of representatives and the frequency of their election. The Federalists argued that annual elections would not afford representatives a proper amount of time in which to learn about their office, and therefore they proposed biennial elections as a solution that would allow representatives to gain experience without remaining in office for too long.
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