Yes No. Only when he was writing the Federalist Papers. After that he was an anti-Federalist supporter of Jefferson.
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Federalist believed in a strong central government. They also believed in loose constructionalism, which means following the constitution based on its implications as well as its wording. Federalist and anti-federalist were essentially the first political groups in the United STates. An example of a federalist is James Madison while Thomas Jefferson was an anti-federalist.
because he was cool.
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James Wilson was a slave owner who really made a fortune using slaves. He also owned a plantation where his slaves worked for him.
Three were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay (they wrote The Federalist Papers).Hamilton went on to found the Federalist Party, while Madison joined the Democratic-Republicans.