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Alexander Hamilton

c. 1755–1804 · 18th century

Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the West Indies, he served as George Washington's aide in the Revolutionary War, wrote most of The Federalist Papers in support of the Constitution and, as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789, established national credit and the First Bank of the United States; he was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr.

Alexander Hamilton
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Alexander Hamilton. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/alexander-hamilton
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