Ode to the Federalist Party’s Dazzling Accomplishments in 12 Years

While it is true that after the election of 1800, the Federalist Political Party of Alexander Hamilton was beset by divisions and declined into a regional faction with its base in New England, Federalist ideas continued to hold sway, especially with Supreme Court Justice John Marshall for three decades.

And, as Ron Chernow wrote in Alexander Hamilton, t…