Federalist No. 58

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James Madison, author of Federalist No. 58
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 58

Federalist No. 58 is an essay by James Madison, the fifty-eighth of the Federalist Papers. It was published on February 20, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. This paper examines the ability of the United States House of Representatives to grow with the population of the United States. It is titled, "Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered."

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