Alexander Hamilton
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A veteran of the American Revolution, where he became senior aide-de-camp and confidant to General George Washington, after the war he entered politics, serving several positions before becoming Washington's Treasury Secretary.
Hamilton was killed in a duel with his rival, then-Vice President Aaron Burr.
Alexander Hamilton in Southern Victory
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In the Remembrance era of the United States between the Second Mexican War and the Great War, Alexander Hamilton, a New Yorker, enjoyed an upswing in popularity that corresponded to a drop in favorable opinions of his Virginian contemporaries--especially his archrival, Thomas Jefferson.[1]
- ↑ See, e.g., The Victorious Opposition, pg. 137.
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| Preceded by New office | Secretary of the Treasury 1789–1795 | Succeeded by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. |
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| Preceded by George Washington | Senior Officer of the United States Army 1799–1800 | Succeeded by James Wilkinson |
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