Alexander Hamilton

**Alexander Hamilton**
	American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
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Name in native language	Alexander Hamilton;
Date of birth	11 January 1757; Charlestown (British Empire, British Leeward Islands)
Date of death	12 July 1804; New York City
Manner of death	homicide (Burr–Hamilton duel);
Cause of death	Herida por arma de fuego;
Killed by	Aaron Burr (Burr–Hamilton duel);
Place of burial	Trinity Churchyard (40°42′28″N 74°0′45″W);
Pseudonym	Publius;
Work period (start)	1775;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Columbia College; Columbia University; Benicia High School;
Occupation	economist; philosopher; military personnel; politician; aide-de-camp; military officer; writer; businessman; lawyer;
Employer	United States Department of the Treasury;
Member of	American Philosophical Society (1791–); American Academy of Arts and Sciences; New York Manumission Society;
Member of political party	Federalist Party;
Position held	United States Secretary of the Treasury (1789–1795); Commanding General of the United States Army (1799–1800);
Family	Hamilton family;
Father	James A. Hamilton;
Mother	Rachel Faucitt Lavien;
Child	Philip Hamilton; Angelica Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton Jr.; James Alexander Hamilton; William S. Hamilton; Eliza Hamilton Holly; Philip Hamilton; John Church Hamilton;
Spouse	Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1780–1854);
Relative	Philip Schuyler (father-in-law);
Notable work	Federalist Papers; First Report on the Public Credit; Report on a National Bank; Report on Manufactures; Second Report on Public Credit;
Award received	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
Authority file
	Q178903; ISNI: 0000000121019825; VIAF ID: 66496514; GND ID: 118545302; Library of Congress authority ID: n79021633; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 121043321; IdRef ID: 029409268; NDL Authority ID: 00467848; Libraries Australia ID: 35165662; NL CR AUT ID: jn19981001393; SELIBR ID: 286098; National Library of Spain ID: XX1300537; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068351704; NORAF ID: 13004631; US Congress Bio ID: H000101; NUKAT ID: n97071756; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10581887; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 68602; NLP ID (old): a0000001032158; National Library of Korea ID: KAC199611348; Libris-URI: 20dhl5gl06003dn; PLWABN ID: 9810572541605606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007262340405171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA00567773; SBN author ID: RAVV012292; Open Library ID: OL363754A
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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757–July 12, 1804) was an American politician, statesman, journalist, and lawyer.

Portraits[edit]

Portrait by John Trumbull, 1792
Portrait by John Trumbull, 1806
Portrait by Daniel Huntington c.1865 after John Trumbull
Full-length portrait by John Trumbull, 1792
Full-length portrait by John Trumbull, 1805
Portrait by Caroline L. Ormes Ransom, 1880, after John Trumbull

Sculptures[edit]

1794 marble bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi
1880 granite statue by Carl Conrads
1923 statue by James Earle Fraser on the south patio of the U.S. Department of Treasury building in Washington, D.C.
Statue at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.