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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton 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. He also founded America's first political party, the Federalist Party, in 1789.
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Born 11 January 1757 · Died 12 July 1804 · Q178903
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interest would be advanced by manufactures, and that agriculture was just as productive as manufacturing. Hamilton argued for industrial policy to support a modern manufacturing industry in the United States. Among the ways that the government should assist manufacturing, Hamilton argued for government assistance to
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2026· 11 entries
“interest would be advanced by manufactures, and that agriculture was just as productive as manufacturing. Hamilton argued for industrial policy to support a modern manufacturing industry in the United States. Among the ways that the government should assist manufacturing, Hamilton argued for government assistance to”
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“Necessary often means no more than needful, requisite, incidental, useful, or conductive to”
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“The English model was the only good one on this subject. The hereditary interest of the king was so interwoven with that of the nation, and his personal emoluments so great, that he was placed above the danger of being corrupted from abroad... Let one executive be appointed for life who dares execute his powers.”
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“And let me observe that an executive is less dangerous to the liberties of the people when in office during life than for seven years. It may be said this constitutes as an elective monarchy ... But by making the executive subject to impeachment, the term”
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“One of the first subjects of deliberation with the new Congress will be the independence of Kentucky, for which the southern states will be anxious. The northern will be glad to send a counterpoise in Vermont.”
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Public attention spiked: 23,890 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 6,981, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Public attention spiked: 23,890 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 6,436, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Public attention spiked: 24,670 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 6,981, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Clarification.
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Public attention spiked: 24,670 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 6,436, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Clarification.
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Public attention spiked: 23,732 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 6,981, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: location of Nevis
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2021· 3 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2021).
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fact checker rated the claim “Toronto Police seized the gun Aaron Burr used to shoot Alexander Hamilton.” fake.
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USA Today rated the claim “Alexander Hamilton told Thomas Jefferson that there weren’t enough words to string together in the English language to express how much he wanted to hit him with a chair” False.
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2020· 17 entries
Disney+ released the movie Hamilton, an authorized film of the Broadway stage production performed by the original cast
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Claimed: “Says Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson didn’t agree on anything.” — rated They agreed sometimes by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Alexander Hamilton punched the bursar at Princeton.” — rated Fictional event by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Aaron Burr was present at the duel between John Laurens and Charles Lee.” — rated Burr was not there by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Martha Washington had a feral tomcat named after Alexander Hamilton.” — rated Story is disputed by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Southern states had paid their post-war debts before Alexander Hamilton’s plan for the federal government to assume all state debts.” — rated Not all Southern states by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and James Madison confronted Alexander Hamilton over the Reynolds scandal.” — rated Not those three men by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says President John Adams fired Alexander Hamilton.” — rated Hamilton resigned first by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Thomas Jefferson won the election of 1800 in a landslide after Alexander Hamilton endorsed him over Aaron Burr.” — rated Not landslide, different process by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Aaron Burr’s defeat in the election of 1800 inspired him to challenge Alexander Hamilton to a duel.” — rated Duel followed 1804 campaign for New York governor by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Angelica Schuyler Church's father, Philip Schuyler, had no sons.” — rated He had sons by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Thomas Jefferson resigned from President George Washington’s administration so that he could run for president.” — rated Left years before election by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Alexander Hamilton was an ardent abolitionist.” — rated Scholars say that’s generous by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says Alexander Hamilton asked Aaron Burr to contribute to the Federalist Papers.” — rated No evidence he asked by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “Says there were 10 commandments for American duels in the founding era.” — rated More rules than that by PolitiFact.
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Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,047 times.
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Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,369 times.
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2016· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “"Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."” Half True.
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Hamilton received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and set a record for Tony Award nominations with 16, winning 11, including Best Musical
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2015· 1 entry
Gained significant mainstream attention with the debut of the Broadway musical Hamilton, which is based on a biography by Ron Chernow
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2007· 1 entry
“Chapter: Helvidius Number IV in: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding, edited with and Introduction by Morton J. Frisch (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007)”
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1997· 1 entry
The historian Paul Johnson wrote that Hamilton was a "genius—the only one of the Founding Fathers fully entitled to that accolade—and he had the elusive, indefinable characteristics of genius
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1996· 1 entry
“in Danino, Michel and Nahar, Sujata The inl'asioll that never was / Song of humanity .1st ed. Delhi: Mother's Institute of Research & Mira Aditi, Mysore, India, 1996.p. 17 quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture. New Delhi: Pragun Publication.”
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1960· 2 entries
Published “A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION” in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry — cited 25,426 times.
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Published “A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION” in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry — cited 25,609 times.
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1956· 2 entries
Published “Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances” in Analytical Chemistry — cited 42,686 times.
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Published “Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances” in Analytical Chemistry — cited 42,361 times.
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1840· 1 entry
However, his son John maintained that his father "never owned a slave; but on the contrary, having learned that a domestic whom he had hired was about to be sold by her master, he immediately purchased her freedom
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1830· 1 entry
“26 June 1787 per page 105 of "The Debates, Resolutions, and Other Proceedings, in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: Supplementary to the state Conventions" by Johnathan Elliot, published 1830”
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1804· 41 entries
Hamilton succumbed to his wounds
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Died 1804-07-12.
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Along the west bank of the Hudson River on a rocky ledge in Weehawken, New Jersey
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Hamilton spoke of his belief in God's mercy
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“Letter to Nathanael Greene (12 October 1782), as quoted in Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathanael Greene, page 342”
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“[Sulla recente costituzione degli Stati Uniti] Un pasticcio che non ha alcuna possibilità di durare. [Ultime parole famose]”
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“Arzuladığımız tiranlık değil; bu adil, sınırlı, federal bir hükümet.”
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“Bir insanın geçimi üzerindeki güç, onun iradesi üzerindeki güçtür.”
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“Kusurlu bir insandan mükemmel bir iş görmeyi asla beklemiyorum.”
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“Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.”
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“İyi ayarlanmış bir insan, aynı hatayı iki kez sinirlenmeden yapan kişidir.”
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“Elliot's Debates, volume 2, p. 348. (Remarks on the U.S. House of Representatives, at the New York state convention on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, Poughkeepsie, New York July 27, 1788)”
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“Elli yaşından sonra kimse vücuduna gereğinden fazla güvenmeyi beklemez.”
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“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.”
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“Un debito nazionale, se non è eccessivo, potrebbe essere per noi una benedizione nazionale.”
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“Elliot's Debates, volume 2, p. 364. (28 July 1788)”
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“Rezilliği tehlikeye tercih edebilen bir millet, bir efendiye hazırdır ve onu hak eder.”
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“Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.”
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“Tem sido freqüentemente observado que parece ter sido reservado ao povo deste país, por sua conduta e exemplo, decidir a importante questão, se as sociedades de homens são realmente capazes ou não de estabelecer um bom governo por reflexão e escolha, ou se eles estão destinados para sempre a depender para suas constituições políticas do acidente e da força.”
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“Adalet mahkemelerinin tam bağımsızlığı sınırlı anayasal devlet için gerekli bir ilkedir.”
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“Elliot's Debates, volume 1, p. 463. (29 July 1788)”
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“Burada efendim, halk yönetir; burada doğrudan temsilcileri tarafından hareket ederler.”
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“Non è prudente demandare i poteri che dovrebbero spettare all'Unione ad organi che non possono essere continuamente e precisamente controllati.”
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“Letter to Robert Morris (30 April 1781)”
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“Verilen söz asla bozulmamalıdır.”
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“L'uomo è un animale che ragiona piuttosto che ragionevole, per la maggior parte governato dall'impulso della passione.”
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“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
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“Bir ulusun onuru, yaşamıdır.”
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“In ogni repubblica vi dovrebbe essere un corpo adatto a correggere i pregiudizi, frenare le passioni smodate e controllare le opinioni incostanti di un'assemblea popolare.”
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“Kıtasal düşünmeyi öğrenin.”
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“Il sovrapporsi e il saldarsi della volontà dell'esecutivo con quella di un parlamento sottomesso, determina la fine della democrazia e la tirannia della maggioranza.”
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“The laws of certain states …give an ownership in the service of negroes as personal property…. But being men, by the laws of God and nature, they were capable of acquiring liberty—and when the captor in war …thought fit to give them liberty, the gift was not only valid, but irrevocable.”
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“Last words before succumbing to his injuries from his duel with Aaron Burr (12 July 1804)”
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“Letter written the night before his duel with Aaron Burr (10 July 1804)”
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“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.”
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“It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.”
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“Kılıç bir kez çekildiğinde, insanların tutkularında hiçbir ölçülülük sınırı yoktur.”
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“Yargı üç devlet kuvveti arasında en zayıfıdır.”
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With Federalist support, against the Jeffersonian Morgan Lewis, but was defeated by forces including Hamilton
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Hamilton again opposed his candidacy, arguing that he was unfit for the office
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“Bence toplumun ilk görevi adalettir.”
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1802· 3 entries
“Letter to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (29 December 1802)”
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“Letter to Gouverneur Morris (27 January 1802)”
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To take hold of "some strong feeling of the mind" to elect "fit men" to office, and advocating "Christian welfare societies" for the poor
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1801· 1 entry
Hamilton established a daily newspaper, the New York Evening Post, and brought in William Coleman as its editor
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1800· 2 entries
Election lost: 1800 presidential election.
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Campaign: 1800 presidential election.
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1799· 1 entry
Career landmark: Commanding General of the United States Army (1799–1800).
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1791· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1791).
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1789· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795).
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1787· 1 entry
Career landmark: Delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention (1787–1787).
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1757· 1 entry
Born 1757-01-11.
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