United States Secretary of the Treasury
1789-1795
Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from New York
1788-1789
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (NY)
1787
Continental Army
1776-1782
Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804)
Alexander Hamilton 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:
Charlestown, Nevis
Jan 11, 1757
Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous merchant. He pursued his education in New York City where, despite his young age, he was a prolific and widely read pamphleteer advocating for the American revolutionary cause, though an anonymous one.
He then served as an artillery officer in the American Revolutionary War, where he saw military action against the British in the New York and New Jersey campaign, served for years as an aide to General George Washington, and helped secure American victory at the climactic Siege of Yorktown. After the Revolutionary War, Hamilton served as a delegate from New York to the Congress of the Confederation in Philadelphia. He resigned to practice law and founded the Bank of New York. In 1786, Hamilton led the Annapolis Convention to replace the Articles of Confederationwith the Constitution of the United States, which he helped ratify by writing 51 of the 85 installments of The Federalist Papers.
Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency in the electoral college and, despite philosophical differences, Hamilton endorsed Jefferson over Burr, whom he found unprincipled. When Burr ran for governor of New York in 1804, Hamilton again campaigned against him, arguing that he was unworthy. Taking offense, Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel. In the July 11, 1804, duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, Burr shot Hamilton in the stomach. Hamilton was immediately transported to the home of William Bayard Jr. in Greenwich Village for medical attention, but succumbed to his wounds the following day.
DIED:
New York City, New York
Jul 12, 1804
Alexander Hamilton
was here...
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Independence National Historical Park | 520 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown Battlefield National Historical Park | 1000 Colonial Nat'l Historical Pkwy, Yorktown, VA 23690 | MUSEUM | ||
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Valley Forge National Historic Park | 1400 N Outer Line Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | MUSEUM | ||
Washington's Crossing Historic Park | 1112 River Rd, Washington Crossing, PA 18977 | MUSEUM | ||
Monmouth Battlefield State Park | 20 NJ-33 Business, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726 | MUSEUM | ||
Morristown National Historic Park - Jockey Hollow | 586 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown, NJ | MUSEUM | ||
Federal Hall | 26 Wall St, New York, NY 10005 | MUSEUM | ||
Fraunces Tavern Museum | 54 Pearl St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10004 | MUSEUM | ||
US Military Academy - Westpoint | 606 Thayer Rd, West Point, NY 10996 | MUSEUM | ||
Hamilton Grange National Memorial | 414 W 141st St, New York, NY 10031 | MUSEUM | ||
Princeton Battlefield State Park | 500 Mercer Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540 | PARK | ||
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site | 32 Catherine St, Albany, NY 12202 | MUSEUM | ||
Trinity Church | 89 Broadway, New York, NY 10006 | PARK | ||
Nassau Hall - Princeton | 88XR+F7 Princeton, New Jersey | MUSEUM | ||
Washington's Crossing State Park | 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560 | MUSEUM | ||
Van Wyck Homestead Museum | 504 US-9, Fishkill, NY 12524 | MUSEUM | ||
Battle of White Plains Park | 76 Battle Ave, White Plains, NY 10606 | MARKER | ||
DeWint House | 20 Livingston St, Tappan, NY 10983 | MUSEUM | ||
Grave of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton | PX5Q+33 New York | GRAVE | ||
Grave of Alexander Hamilton | PX5Q+33 New York | GRAVE | ||
First Bank of the US | 120 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Battle of Brooklyn Marker | JX67+C7F New York, NY | MARKER | ||
Yorktown - Redoubt 10 | 6GG3+96J Yorktown, Virginia | MUSEUM | ||
Morristown National Historic Park - Washington's Headquarters - Ford Mansion | 30 Washington Pl, Morristown, NJ 07960 | MUSEUM | ||
Jacob Purdy House | 60 Park Ave, White Plains, NY 10601 | MUSEUM | ||
Yorktown - Surrender Field | 6F5V+9V Yorktown, Virginia | MUSEUM | ||
George Wythe House | 101 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Alexander Hamilton Horse Artillery Marker | FHX3+GRX New Brunswick, New Jersey | MARKER | ||
First Presidential Mansion Marker | PX5X+Q9V New York | MARKER | ||
Arnold's Flight Marker | 9382+QCP Philipstown, New York | MARKER | ||
Major John Andre Hanging Site Marker | 161 Old Tappan Rd, Tappan, NY 10983 | MARKER | ||
Battle of Harlem Heights | R26P+RHC New York | MARKER | ||
Van Schaick Mansion | 1 Van Schaick Ave, Cohoes, NY 12047 | MARKER | ||
Center of Washington's Army at White Plains | 101 N Broadway Apartment 2B4, White Plains, NY 10603 | MARKER | ||
Beverley Robinson House Marker | 832 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524 | MARKER | ||
Stephen Moore House Marker | C23M+C92 West Point, New York | MARKER | ||
Rochambeau Landing Marker | 125 Wellington Ave, Newport, RI 02840 | MARKER | ||
Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker | 53 S Main St, Cranbury, NJ 08512 | MARKER | ||
Oak Tree Battle of Short Hill Marker | 1165 New Dover Rd, Edison, NJ 08820 | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Camp 5 Marker | QH98+PPX Bolton, Connecticut | MARKER | ||
Washington-Rochambeau Route Scotland Marker | MWX8+93R Scotland, Connecticut | MARKER | ||
Battle of White Plains Marker 1 | 26JF+G9V White Plains, New York | MARKER | ||
Stuyvesant-Fish House Marker | 21 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY 10003 | MARKER | ||
Before There Was A Park Marker | Q2VX+V4M New York | MARKER | ||
Richmond Hill Marker | 161 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013 | MARKER |