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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton | |
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| In office September 11, – January 31, | |
| President | George Washington |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Wolcott Jr. |
| In office December 14, – June 15, | |
| President | John Adams |
| Preceded by | George Washington |
| Succeeded by | James Wilkinson |
| In office November 3, – March 2, | |
| Preceded by | Egbert Bensonor |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| In office November 4, – June 21, | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Born | ()January 11, or Charlestown, Nevis, British Leeward Islands |
| Died | ()July 12, (aged 47 or 49) New York City, New York |
| Resting place | Trinity Church Cemetery |
| Political party | Federalist |
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| Children | Philip Hamilton Angelica Hamilton Alexander Hamilton Jr. James Alexander Hamilton John Church Hamilton William S. Hamilton Eliza Hamilton Holly Philip Hamilton (the second) |
| Parents | James A. H • Alexander HamiltonPost-War Accomplishments ()After his military service, Hamilton returned to New York where he passed the bar exam to practice law. Defending a British loyalist in , he helped establish the principle that courts have the right and responsibility to interpret law. Judicial review remains a cornerstone of the American legal system today. • Alexander Hamilton() Who Was Alexander Hamilton?Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, and later became General George Washington's assistant. In , as one of America's Founding Fathers, he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. Hamilton — an erkänd Federalist — then served as the nation's first secretary of the treasury, from to Early LifeHamilton was born on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies, on January 11, or (the exact date fryst vatten unknown). Hamilton's parents were Rachel Fawcett Lavien, who was of British and French Huguenot descent, and James Hamilton, a Scottish trader. At the time of Hamilton's birth, Rachel was married to John Lavien, a much older merchant whom she had been pressured to wed by her parents when she was a teenager. They had a son, Peter tillsammans. Lavien was abusive to Rachel and had spent nearly all the money she had inherited when her father died in During their tumultuous relationship, by Dani |