Who were the Essex Junto?

Like Hamilton, the Junto leaders supported neutrality, wanted friendship with Britain, and opposed Revolutionary France. In 1803–04, during Jefferson's first administration, they tried unsuccessfully to form a separate confederation based in New England. read more

The Essex Junto was a powerful group of New England Federalist Party lawyers, merchants, and politicians, so named because many of the original group were from Essex County, Massachusetts. The term was coined by John Hancock in 1778 to describe the main opponents of a proposed constitution for the state of Massachusetts. read more

Essex Junto, in early U.S. history, a group of Federalist political leaders in Massachusetts. John Hancock coined the name for his Essex County opponents at the state constitutional convention of 1778. read more