Federalist No. 77

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Federalist No. 77

Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 77
Author	Alexander Hamilton
Original title	The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered
Language	English
Publisher	The Independent Journal, New York Packet, The Daily Advertiser
Publication date	April 2, 1788
Publication place	United States
Media type	Newspaper
Preceded by	Federalist No. 76
Followed by	Federalist No. 78

Federalist No. 77 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-seventh of The Federalist Papers. It was published on April 2, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. The title is "The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered", and it is the last in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers and limitations of the Executive Branch.

In this paper, Hamilton discusses the power of the Senate to approve a President's appointments, the Executive's ability to call Congress together to give the State of the Union, and shares his concluding thoughts on the President's powers discussed throughout all of the Federalist Papers’ previous commentary.^[1]