Ralph Louis Ketcham (October 29, 1927 – April 26, 2017) was an American academic. For almost 60 years, he served as a professor of
history and
political science at
Syracuse University. Ketcham's academic focus was on political theory and the American founding with an emphasis on
James Madison.[1][2]
Early life and education
Born on October 28, 1927, in
Berea, Ohio, Ketcham was raised in
New Hartford, New York. His parents were Sherman and Laura Murphy Ketcham. In 1959, he married Julia Stillwell. The couple had two children: Benjamin and Laura Lee.
Though he retired in 1997, Ketcham continued to write and to teach an annual graduate symposium on the foundations of American thought.
Bibliography
He was the author of a dozen books, including:
Ketcham, Ralph. From Colony to Country: The Revolution in American Thought, 1750-1820. New York: Macmillan, 1974.
ISBN0025629301[4]
Ketcham, Ralph, and Sean Runnette. The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates. Old Saybrook, Conn: Tantor Media, 2019
ISBN0451528840[5]
translated into Spanish as Escritos antifederalistas y debates de la convención constitucional de EE.UU. Barcelona: Hacer, 1996.[6]