About “The Real Character of the Executive”
Federalist No. 69 is an essay written by Alexander Hamilton, the sixty-ninth in a series of The Federalist Papers. It was published on March 14, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, which was used for all the essays. The title of the essay is "The Real Character of the Executive." It is part of a group of 11 essays that examine the powers and limits of the Executive branch. These essays were written in response to the Anti-Federalist Papers and to compare the Executive's powers with those of the King of Great Britain. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)