Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Author's Point of View

According to the author, Alexander Hamilton was once a constitutional lawyer, military officer but also and especially a politician. In 1787 he strongly influenced the American constitutional convention. The following year he wrote to the side of John Jay and James Madison, articles in the Federalist Papers to promote the new constitution of the United States. He was secretary of the treasury. It counts among the opposition to the French Revolution of 1789. He founded and dominated the Federalist Party in the United States of America He was, among others, for political opponents ...