Who were the real writers who jointly used the “Publius” penname?

Answer 1

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay

The articles were written by Alexander Hamilton (nos. 1, 6—9, 11—13, 15—17, 21—36, 59—61, and 65—85), James Madison (nos. 10, 14, 18—20, 37—58, and 62—63), and John Jay (2—5, and 64)[1]. They appeared under the pseudonym "Publius," in honor of Roman consul Publius Valerius Publicola.[4] Madison is generally credited as the father of the Constitution and became the fourth President of the United States.[5]. Hamilton was an active delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and became the first Secretary of the Treasury. John Jay became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."

"Publius also has a strong connection to the foundation of American representative democracy. Arguably the most famous Publius authors in history, (at least most important to US history) were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, who in 1787-88 published a series of 86 articles entitled "the Federalist." Collectively known as The Federalist Papers, Hamilton, Madison and Jay wrote in defense of the federal republic created by the new constitution. The goal of the Federalist was to convince New York to ratify the proposed United States Constitution drafted in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, as a replacement for the less binding Articles of Confederation. All three authors were high-profile public figures who did not want personal relationships or feelings to spill over onto the arguments for adoption of the Constitution, so they tapped tradition and used Publius as a pen-name. Their efforts were successful, and New York joined the other states in becoming the United States of America. The Federalist Papers are considered some of the most elegant arguments for the establishment of our country. New York's ratification of the Constitution was considered the critical factor in the establishment of the constitutional republic in which we now live."

Answer 2

The Federalist Papers were originally written under the pen name Publius. That means the writers using that name were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

From Wikipedia:

"A collection of eighty-five essays about the US Constitution, called The Federalist Papers, were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison during 1787-1788 under the allonym Publius in honor of his role in establishing the Roman Republic."

Note on the man Publius: "Publius Valerius Publicola (or Poplicola, his surname meaning "friend of the people") (d. 503 BC) was a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditionally considered the first year of the Roman Republic. According to Livy and Plutarch, his family, whose ancestor Volusus had settled in Rome at the time of King Titus Tatius, was of Sabine origin. He took a prominent part in the expulsion of the last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and though not originally chosen as the colleague of Brutus he soon took the place of Tarquinius Collatinus.

On the death of Brutus, which left him sole consul, the people began to fear that he was aiming at kingly power. To calm their apprehensions he discontinued the building of his house on the top of the Velian Hill, and also gave orders that the fasces should be lowered whenever he appeared before the people. He further introduced two laws to protect the liberties of the citizens, one enacting that whosoever should attempt to make himself a king might be slain by any man at any time (this was the law invoked by the Liberatores as justification for their assassination of Julius Caesar), while another provided an appeal to the people on behalf of any citizen condemned by a magistrate. He died in 503 BC, and was buried at the public expense, the matrons mourning him for ten months."

Answer 3

I resent your use of the word ugmo. Some of us ugmoes are quite proud of our ugmosity and wish to display such ugmishness on a daily basis.