Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration

Carson Holloway is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and is the author of several works of political philosophy. He has been a Visiting Fellow in Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and a Visiting Fellow in American Political Thought at the Heritage Foundation. His scholarly articles have appeared in the Review of Politics, Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, and Perspectives on Political Science, and he has also written for First Things, Public Discourse, and National Review.

1. Introduction; Part I. A Debate between Cabinet Colleagues: 2. Establishing the public faith: Hamilton's Report on Public Credit; 3. First signs of division: assumption and the Back Pay Bill; 4. Establishing energetic government: Hamilton's Report on a National Bank; 5. Defending limited government: Jefferson's critique of the constitutionality of the national bank; 6. Defending energetic government: Hamilton on the constitutionality of the national bank; Part II. A Clash of Rival Party Leaders: 7. Securing American independence: Hamilton's Report on Manufactures; 8. The revolution, alienation of territory, and the apportionment bill; 9. Aiming for monarchy: Jefferson's critique of Hamiltonianism; 10. Tending toward anarchy: Hamilton's critique of Jeffersonianism; Part III. Founding Foreign Policy: 11. Two views of the French Revolution; 12. Faith among nations I: Jefferson's opinion on the French treaties; 13. Faith among nations II: Hamilton's opinion on the French treaties; 14. The constitutional and political theory of Hamilton's Pacificus papers; 15. Jefferson, Madison, and Helvidius' critique of Pacificus; 16. Conclusion.