Members of the United States House of Representatives In The Federalist Papers #57, Alexander Hamilton defended the concept of a House of Representatives within the new Constitution by referring to those elected representatives as holding a public trust, obtained through election, and held accountable to the people through term limits. Founding father Thomas Jefferson is popularly cited for his statement in a letter to Baron von Humboldt:It    is the term used when referring to elected officials in the United States Constitution, to differentiate them from civil officers. For example, the No Religious Test clause of Article VI includes both civil officers (commissioned either by the President or the Constitution) and elected officials directly   :
Members of the Legislature In The Federalist Papers #57, Alexander Hamilton defended the concept of a House of Representatives within the new Constitution by referring to those elected representatives as holding a public trust, obtained through election, and held accountable to the people through term limits. The Executive In The Federalist Papers #70 Alexander Hamilton addresses the Presidency in a discussion over having more than one executive, referring to the "magistry" being an elective office, as a public trust: George Washington opened his farewell address in 1796 inviting the people to elect a new executive to his "important trust:" The Constitution A Public Trust is the term used when referring to elected officials in the United States Constitution, to differentiate them from civil officers. For example, the No Religious Test clause of Article VI includes both civil officers (commissioned either by the President or the Constitution) and elected officials directly : Founding father Thomas Jefferson is popularly cited for his statement in a letter to Baron von Humboldt :
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Founding father Thomas Jefferson is popularly cited for his statement in a letter to Baron von Humboldt