Hamilton, Alexander

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Soo originated the role of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s wife, in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s celebrated play.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

Last year, a tuft of hair from George Washington attached to an autographed note signed by former Secretary of State James A. Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's third son, was sold at auction.

From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2020

The Rev. William Hamilton Alexander seems to know what his people need.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hamilton, Alexander, 275, n. construction of constitution, 271.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford

Hamilton, Alexander; Secretary of the Treasury; his financial policy;   his constitutional ideas; intrigues against Adams.

From A Short History of the United States by Channing, Edward