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Alexander Hamilton, New York delegate to the Constitutional convention, major author of the Federalist papers, and first secretary of the treasury of the United States, who was the foremost champion of a strong central government for the new United States.
Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s most influential Founding Fathers and Treasury secretaries, had a brilliant political career until he was killed in an 1804 duel.
America’s current favorite founding father, Alexander Hamilton, has always been considered a fine writer; the Federalist Papers have long been praised as exemplars of American political prose.
In August 1772, a hurricane ravaged the West Indies—and a young Alexander Hamilton picked up a pen to write about it. The resulting letter inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to start writing what...
His words changed his life forever. Blown away by the letter, readers organized a scholarship fund for this talented young scribe. Before long, Hamilton found himself en route to King’s College...
Alexander Hamilton was many things — an immigrant, a soldier, a Founding Father — but first and foremost, he was a writer. Writing was Hamilton’s weapon of choice. He was incredibly...
Alexander Hamilton (1755/57-1804) was a lawyer and politician, often recognized as a Founding Father of the United States. He served as George Washington 's aide-de-camp during the American Revolution, before going on to become the first US secretary of the treasury and a leader of the Federalist Party. He was mortally wounded in a duel with ...
However, he was instrumental in the Constitution’s ratification and subsequent interpretation when he led the collaboration with James Madison and John Jay on the Federalist Papers—a collection of 85 articles and essays written under the pseudonym “Publius” to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.
No one was better prepared to defend the Constitution than New Yorker Alexander Hamilton. In 1787-88 he worked with John Jay and James Madison to write series of 85 essays in support of the ...
Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, a Constitutional Convention delegate, author of the Federalist papers and the first secretary of the U.S. treasury.