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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. He led calls for the Philadelphia Convention, was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and co-wrote (with James Madison) the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation.
A veteran of the American Revolution, where he became senior aide-de-camp and confidant to General George Washington, after the war he entered politics, serving several positions before becoming Washington's Treasury Secretary.
Hamilton was killed in a duel with his rival, then-Vice President Aaron Burr on July 12, 1804.
Alexander Hamilton in Southern Victory[]
In the Remembrance era of the United States between the Second Mexican War and the Great War, Alexander Hamilton, a New Yorker, enjoyed an upswing in popularity along with other northern Founding Fathers such as John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. This corresponded to a drop in favorable opinions of his Virginian contemporaries--especially his archrival Thomas Jefferson.[1]
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- ↑ See, e.g., The Victorious Opposition, pg. 137.
| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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Secretary of the Treasury 1789–1795 |
Succeeded by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. |
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| Preceded by George Washington |
Senior Officer of the United States Army 1799–1800 |
Succeeded by James Wilkinson |
