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

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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.

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Her character in the show: Eliza Hamilton, Alexander’s wife.

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Friday marks day four of the impeachment trial in the Senate after three days of sleepy senators, indignant House mangers, and quotes from the inspiration for the Broadway smash hit "Hamilton": Alexander Hamilton.

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The strands of hair from America's first president were attached for nearly 150 years to an autographed note signed by former Secretary of State, James A. Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's third son, according to Lelands Auctions, the auction house that is selling the lot.

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