Federalist No. 76 (Federalist Number 76) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton and the seventy-sixth of the Federalist Papers. It was published on April 1, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all the Federalist Papers were published. The title is, "The Appointing Power of the Executive", and is the tenth in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers and limitations of the Executive branch.
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