Alexander+Hamilton

=Alexander Hamilton=

New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), major author of the Federalist papers, and first secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1789–95), who was the foremost champion of a strong central government for the new United States. Hamilton created the [|Federalist] party, with his major adversary being Thomas Jefferson and the anti-federalists. Hamilton believed in a strong central government, while Jefferson wanted to leave as much power as possible in the hands of the states.



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