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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkAlexander HAMILTON
(1757-1804)
HAMILTON, Alexander, a
Delegate from New York; born on the island of Nevis, British West
Indies, January 11, 1757; immigrated to the United States in 1772,
where he received educational training in the schools of
Elizabethtown, N.J., and King’s College (now Columbia
University), New York City; entered the Continental Army in New
York in 1776 as captain of Artillery; appointed aide-de-camp to
General Washington March 1, 1777, and served in that capacity until
February 16, 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782,
1783, and 1788; member of the Annapolis Convention of 1786; served
in the New York State assembly in 1787; member of the Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention in 1787 which adopted the Constitution of
the United States; member of the State ratification convention in
1788; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in New
York City; Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of President
Washington 1789-1795; returned to New York and resumed the practice
of law; mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr at Weehawken on
the Hudson, and died in New York City the following day, July 12,
1804; interment in Trinity Churchyard.
Bibliography
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: Penguin Press,
2004; Hamilton, Alexander. Writings. New York: Library of
America, 2001.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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