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Born: 11 January 1755 · Died: 12 July 1804 · Age at death: 49
Alexander Hamilton died aged 49. He was born on 11 January 1755 and died on 12 July 1804.
American Founding Father and first US Secretary of the Treasury
Did you know?He founded the New York Post, which is one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in the United States.
Alexander Hamilton arrived in New York as a penniless orphan from the Caribbean. Within years he had helped build a nation. He argued for a strong federal government. His plans for national debt and a central bank laid the groundwork for the American economy. He was brilliant and tireless but quarrelsome, and he made powerful enemies. His death in a duel with Aaron Burr cut short a remarkable life. A Broadway musical made him a star again in 2015.
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of George Washington.
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American statesman, born 1755
Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown on 11 January 1755.
He was the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
He wrote most of The Federalist Papers.
He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804.
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Did you know?He appears on the US ten-dollar bill.
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The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
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Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7, 1796, when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots.
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