Tony Sullivan

Email: t.sullivan@qmul.ac.uk

Project title

Pro-Administration and Federalist Anglophilia in the Early American Republic, 1787–1801

Tony's PhD thesis looks at the intersection of partisanship, popular politics and diplomacy in the Early American Republic. It focuses on Pro-Administration and Federalist Anglophilia between 1787 and 1801, linking such sentiment with recent instances of British depredations during the American Revolutionary War, drawing from theoretical approaches within the histories of memory and emotion.

While considering the Anglophilia (or lack thereof) from leading Pro-Administration and Federalist Founders in the national Government such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and John Jay, my research also looks at Congressmen in the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as how high politics linked with the lower levels of popular political culture. Through the analysis of the Annals of Congress, newspapers, letters, pamphlets, diaries, and essays, this research challenges the long-held assertion in the historiography that Pro-Administration and Federalist statesmen were Anglophiles belonging to the so-called 'British Party'.

Supervisors

Dr Daniel Peart, QMUL
Dr Joanna Cohen, QMUL

Research Interests

The history of the American Revolution and Early American Republic with particular interest in politics, diplomacy, memory and emotion.

Academic Background

Queen Mary University of London - PhD History, 2025-2032
Royal Holloway, University of London - MA History, 2024-2025
Royal Holloway, University of London - BA History, 2005-2008

Conference Presentations

IHR History Lab, May 2026 - Federalist Anglophilia and The Jay Treaty Debates, 1795–1796
University College London, July 2026 - Federalist Anglophilia and The Presidential Election of 1796
BrANCH, University of Warwick, October 2026 - Federalist Anglophilia in the Early American Republic, 1795–1797