Essex Junto

American  

[juhn-toh] / ˈdʒʌn toʊ /

noun

U.S. History.

1. a group of extreme Federalist party members from Essex county, Massachusetts.

2. any Federalist.

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Etymology

Origin of Essex Junto

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

John Quincy Adams has stated that at that time the "Essex Junto" agreed upon a New England convention to consider the expediency of secession.

From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

A "Pharisee of the Pharisees" in the Essex Junto, he cherished all the intense hatred of that branch of the Federalists for the war and its supporters.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

This, too, was after we had become satisfied, that the Essex Junto had found their expectation desperate, of inducing the people there to either separation or forcible opposition.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Quite suddenly, however, the majority, frightened by threats of secession openly made by the New England members, and fearful of the famous Essex Junto, rallied to a compromise.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Pickering then put his project before the members of the coterie of Federalists in Massachusetts, which was generally known as the "Essex Junto."

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen