List of Constitutional Bibliography of the United States

For a comprehensive U.S. Constitution Bibliography, click here.

American Archives: Fifth Series. Containing a Documentary History of the United States of America from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the Definitive Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, September 3, 1783
3 v. Washington: Published by M. St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, 1848-1853
Force, Peter

American Constitutions: Comprising the Constitution of Each State in the Union, and of the United States, with the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation; Each Accompanied by a Historical Introduction and Notes, Together with a Classified Analysis of the Constitutions, according to Their Subjects, Showing by Comparative Arrangement, Every Constitutional Provision Now in Force in the Several States; with References to Judicial Decisions, and an Analytical Index
2 v. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1871-1872
Hough, Franklin Benjamin

American Statesman: A Political History Exhibiting the Origin, Nature and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States; the Rise and Progress of Parties; and the Views of Distinguished Statesmen on Questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy; with an Appendix, Containing Explanatory Notes, Political Essays, Statistical Information, and Other Useful Matter
1 v. New York: J.C. Derby & Jackson, 1856
Young, Andrew W.

Blackstone’s Commentaries: With Notes of Reference, to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States; and of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2nd ed.)
5 v. Philadelphia: William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803
Blackstone, Willam; Tucker, St. George

Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions, Constitution, and Government, Institutions, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Religion, Education, Population, Natural Curiosities, Railroads, Canals, Public Buildings, Manners and Customs, Fine Arts, Antiquities, Literature, Mineralogy, Botany, Geology, Natural History, Productions, &c. &c. &c. and Presenting a View of the Republic Generally, and of the Individual States; Together with a Condensed History of the Land, from Its First Discovery to the Present Time. The Biography of about Two Hundred of the Leading Men: A Description of the Principal Cities and Towns; with Statistical Tables, Relating to the Religion, Commerce, Manufactures, and Various Other Topics
1 v. New York: H.F. Sumner & Co, 1839
Mellen, Grenville

Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, and a Copious Index
1 v. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1845.
Bayard, James

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
1 v. Buffalo, N.Y.: Dennis & Co., Inc., 1960.
Antieau, Chester James

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1st ed.)
3 v. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co. ; Cambridge: Brown, Shattuck, and Co., 1833.
Story, Joseph
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States before the Adoption of the Constitution (5th ed.)
2 v. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: William S. Hein & Co., 1994. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1891.
Story, Joseph; Bigelow, Melville Madison.

Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America, In Six Lectures
1 v. London: Longman and Co, 1842
Aiken, P. F.

Defender of the Constitution, Selected and Arranged for the Youth of the United States, to Which Are Added the Declaration of Indepenence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington’s Farewell Address
1 v. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1903
Webster, Daniel; et al.

Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence in German, French and English in Parallel Columns (2d ed.)
1 v. New York: Laidlaw Bros, 1888
United States.; Laidlaw, A. H. Jr., (Translator)
Constitution of the United States at the End of the First Century
1 v. Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., 1895.
Boutwell, George S.
Constitution of the United States of America – Analysis and Interpretation
1 v. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1953.
Corwin, Edward S. (Editor)
Constitution of the United States of America, with an Alphabetical Analysis; the Declaration of Independence; the Prominent Political Acts of George Washington; Electoral Votes for All the Presidents and Vice-Presidents; the High Authorities and Civil Officers of Government, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1847; Chronological Narrative of the Several States; and Other Interesting Matter; with a Descriptive Account of the State Papers, Public Documents, and Other Sources of Political and Statistical Information at the Seat of Government (2d ed.)
1 v. Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1847
Hickey, William

Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America (International)
1 v. New York [etc.] Oxford University Press, 1920.
Madison, James; Hunt, Gaillard, ed.; Scott, James Brown, joint ed.
Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787
5 v. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891.
Elliot, Jonathan (Editor)
Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas
1 v. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922
Becker, Carl Lotus
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens; A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History
1 v. New York: H. Holt, 1901
Jellinek, Georg; Farrand, Max
Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
3 v. London: John Stockdale, 1794.
Adams, John
Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
1 v. [Boston]: London printed, Boston re-printed and sold by Edmund Freeman, 1788
Adams, John

Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall
2 v. New York; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1905.
Cotton, Joseph P. Jr. (Editor)

Constitution of the United States of America, with the Amendments Thereto: To Which Are Added Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice, the Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States and Barclay’s Digest of the Rules of Proceeding in the House of Representatives of the United States
1 v. Washington: s.n., 1860-1861.
United States; Jefferson, Thomas; Barclay, John M. (Compiler).
Constitution of the United States with Notes of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Thereon, from the Organization of the Court till October, 1900
1 v. Madison: Democrat Printing Company, 1901.
Bryant, Edwin E.

Constitutional History of the State of New York (2d ed., rev. and enl.)
1 v. New York: Neale Pub. Co, 1915
Dougherty, J. Hampden
Constitutional History of the United States
3 v. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970. Originally published: Chicago: Callaghan, 1901.
Thorpe, Francis Newton
Constitutional History of the United States (Student’s ed.)
1 v. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1935.
McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham.
Constitutional History of the United States as Seen in the Development of American Law: A Course of Lectures before the Political Science Association of the University of Michigan
1 v. New York; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889.
Cooley, T. M. et al.
Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration of Independence to the Close of Their Civil War
2 v. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889, 1896.
Curtis, George Ticknor
Constitutional Law of the United States (2d)
3 v. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1929
Willoughby, Westel Woodbury
Constitutional Law. Being a Collection of Points Arising upon the Constitution and Jurisprudence of the United States Which Have Been Settled by Judicial Decision and Practice
1 v. Philadelphia: A. Small, 1822
Sergeant, Thomas

Constitution of the United States. A Critical Discussion of Its Genesis, Development, and Interpretation
2 v. Chicago, Callaghan & Co., 1899.
Tucker, John Randolph

Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation between the Said States; The Treaties between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America
1 v. Philladephia [sic]: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1781
France.
Constitutions of the Sixteen States Which Compose the Confederated Republic of America, According to the Latest Amendments to Which Are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence; Articles of Confederation; the Definitive Treaty of Peace with Great-Britain; and the Constitution of the United States, with All the Amendments
1 v. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for S. Hall, W. Spotswood, J. White, Thomas & Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, W.P. & L. Blake, and J. West, 1797
Manning & Loring; United States; Great Britain
Constitutions of the States at War 1914-1918
1 v. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1919
Wright, Herbert F.

Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, from the Signing of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, 10th September, 1783, to the Adoption of the Constitution, March 4, 1789. Being the Letters of the Presidents of Congress, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs – American Ministers at Foreign Courts, Foreign Ministers Near Congress – Reports of Committees of Congress, and Reports of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on Various Letters and Communications; Together with Letters from Individuals on Public Affairs
7 v. Washington: Printed by F.P. Blair, 1833-1834
United States.

Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America
5 v. Washington: U.S. Department of State, 1894-1905.
Department of State

Essays in the Constitutional History of the United States in the Formative Period 1775-1789
1 v. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge University Press, 1889.
Various Authors
Essays on the Constitution of the United States, Published during Its Discussion by the People – 1787-1788
1 v. Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1892.
Ford, Paul Leicester (Editor)
Essentials of a Written Constitution
1 v. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1903
Judson, Harry Pratt
Essentials of American Constitutional Law
1 v. New York; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1917.
Thorpe, Francis Newton

Evolution of the Constitution of the United States of America and History of the Monroe Doctrine
1 v. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904.
Kasson, John A.
Evolution of the Constitution of the United States Showing That It Is a Development of Progressive History and Not an Isolated Document Struck off at a Given Time or an Imitation of English or Dutch Forms of Government
1 v. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott, 1897.
Fisher, Sydney George
Exodus of the Western Nations
2 v. London: R. Bentley, 1865
Albemarle, William Coutts Keppel
Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution
1 v. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913
Root, Elihu
Exposition of the Constitution of the United States
1 v. Union, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 1999. Originally published: Philadelphia: E.H. Butler, 1860.
Flanders, Henry.
Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects thereof; Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers
1 v. Union, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 1999, 2000. Originally published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865.
Story, Joseph
Fathers of the Constitution – A Chronicle of the Estabishment of the Union
1 v. New Haven: Yale University Press; Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co.; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921
Farrand, Max
Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America
7 v. Washington: GPO, 1909.
Thorpe, Francis Newton (Compiler and Editor)
Federal and Unified Constitutions: A Collection of Constitutional Documents for the Use of Students
1 v. London: Longmans, Green, 1923
Newton, Arthur Percival

Federal Constitution: An Essay
1 v. New York; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1887.
Baker, John F.
Federal Usurpation
1 v. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908.
Pierce, Franklin
Federalist
2 v. New York: Printed and sold by J. and A. M’Lean, 1788.
Hamilton, Alexander; Jay, John
Federalist and Other Constitutional Papers
1 v. Chicago: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1898
Hamilton, Alexander; Scott, E. H. (Editor)

List of Constitutional Bibliography of the United States

List of Constitutional Bibliography of the United States

See Also

Comments

Leave a Reply Cancel reply