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    Alexander Hamilton

    American Founding Father and statesman

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  1. Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous ...

  2. Apr 15, 2024 · Alexander Hamilton (born January 11, 1755/57, Nevis, British West Indies—died July 12, 1804, New York, New York, U.S.) was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), major author of the Federalist papers, and first secretary of the treasury of the United States (1789–95), who was the foremost champion of a strong central ...

  3. Nov 9, 2009 · Alexander Hamilton, born into obscurity in the West Indies, made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America’s most influential Founding Fathers.He was an impassioned ...

  4. Sep 15, 2014 · Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, and later became General George Washington's assistant. In 1788, as one of America's Founding Fathers, he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ...

  5. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), a Profile. He may have been born, in John Adams' memorable phrase, the mere "bastard brat of a Scottish peddler." But Alexander Hamilton rose to become a ...

  6. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757, in Nevis, British West Indies. His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish trader. His mother, a French woman named Rachel Fawcett Lavine, was ...

  7. Right-Hand Man. Born into obscurity in the British West Indies, Alexander Hamilton made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America’s most influential Founding Fathers ...

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