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Federalist No. 40
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 40
Author James Madison
Original titleThe Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Federalist
PublisherNew York Packet
Publication date
January 18, 1788
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded by Federalist No. 39 
Followed by Federalist No. 41 

Federalist No. 40 is an essay by James Madison, the fortieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published by The New York Packet on January 18, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. This is the last of four papers by Madison examining the authority of the constitutional convention that had produced the proposed United States Constitution. It is titled "The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained".

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