Hamilton, Alexander

1. A soldier and political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Hamilton advised George Washington in the Revolutionary War , wrote most of the essays in The Federalist Papers, and was a leader in the drafting of the Constitution . He later served under Washington as the first secretary of the treasury in the new government. A Federalist , he was opposed politically by Thomas Jefferson and both politically and personally by Aaron Burr ( see Jeffersonianism versus Hamiltonianism ). Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel, in which Burr killed him ( see Burr-Hamilton duel ).

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So did Alexander Hamilton, and on a grander scale than your AmEx.

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Madison is at odds with Alexander Hamilton and puts in place the mechanism for an opposition political party.

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Alexander Hamilton was the Founding Father most in favor of a strong central government.

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Neither has the lack of evidence stopped people from arguing that Alexander Hamilton was gay.

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Alexander Hamilton publicly apologized for an extramarital affair, two centuries before Bill Clinton.

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It existed among the American democracy as early as the time of Alexander Hamilton.

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He turned, vexed at the loss of his chance as Alexander Hamilton and Mrs. Swanwick joined them.

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She was a woman of exalted character, and worthy to be the wife of Alexander Hamilton.

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Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury and on him devolved the duty of raising funds for the government.

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Alexander Hamilton proposed that the government assume the whole debt.

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