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BIRTH
Hamilton was born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis (January 11, 1755 or 1757). He was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous merchant. -
RACHEL FAUCETTE
She contracted a severe fever and died on February 19, 1768 -
FIRST STEPS
He took an early role in the militia as the American Revolutionary War. -
SO HAPPY TOGETHER
On December 14, 1780, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler were married in the Schuyler mansion -
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
President George Washington appointed Hamilton as the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on September 11, 1789. -
AFTER THE WAR
He returned to the practice of law in New York. He called for mobilization against the French First Republic in 1798–99 under President John Adams -
SEX SCANDAL
In the summer of 1797 Hamilton became the first major American politician publicly involved in a sex scandal. -
ALEXANDER HAMILTON VS JOHN ADAMS
His opposition to Adams' re-election helped cause the Federalist party defeat. -
BREAKING FRIENDSHIPS
Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency in the electoral college in 1801, and Hamilton helped to defeat Burr, whom he found unprincipled, and to elect Jefferson despite philosophical differences. -
RIP
Vice President Burr ran for governor of New York State in 1804, and Hamilton campaigned against him as unworthy. Taking offense, Burr challenged him to a duel on July 11, 1804, in which Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who died the following day.
