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A Short Biography of Alexander Hamilton

Author Name:

Alexander Hamilton

Born As:

Other Names:

Alexander Hamilton

Born:

11 Jan 1757

Died:

12 Jul 1804




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First United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. Aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War                          
                          
Wife Elizabeth Schuyler, eight children. Elizabeth co-founded New York's who organized the first private orphanage, the New York Orphan Asylum Society.Wife Elizabeth Schuyler                          
First United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher. Aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, he was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution; he was one of America's first Constitutional lawyers, and wrote most of the Federalist Papers, a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. Hamilton was the primary author of many of the policies supported by the Federalist Party.