Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) was a Founding Father of the United States. He was Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington.

In the era of Remembrance that dominated the United States between the War of Secession (and especially the Second Mexican War) and the Great War, Hamilton, a New Yorker, enjoyed an upswing in popularity that corresponded to a drop in favorable opinions of Virginian colleagues--especially his archrival, Thomas Jefferson.