Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of Treasury of the United States. He was a political philosopher and an economist. He was lauded for being the designer of the United States Government. As one of the first constitutional lawyers of America, he was the primary author of the economic policies that shaped the functioning of the US government. He was a strong believer of a strengthened National government, he was able to cause the defeat of the farmer's tax revolt in 1794. He was born and raised in the ...