History UsefulNotes / AlexanderHamilton

[[Theatre/Hamilton How does a bastard orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence impoverished, to squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?]]

How does a bastard orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence impoverished, to squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. As the father of the Treasury, he is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him a shot at the Presidency [[note]]Also of note, leaving out the caveat about being a citizen at the time of ratifying the constitution meant the US would need to wait at least 24 years (the candidate is to be at least 35 years old to run, and the Constitution was drafted 11 years after independence) for someone eligible, not to mention it would have cast doubt on the legitimacy of Washington as president, [[CaptainObvious which was of course out of the question]][[/note]] but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

How does a bastard orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Carribean, by providence impoverished, to squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

* Alexander Hamilton appears as one of Washington’s aides-de-camp in seasons 3 through 4 of the AMC series ''Series/Turn''. Played by Sean Haggerty after he and lead actor Seth Numrich shot a short film and successfully demonstrated how the character could be incorporated into the show.

Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) was one of the major Founding Fathers of the United States. Coming from Nevis, a tiny island in the West Indies/Caribbean, he studied at the New York King's College (today Columbia), before joining the Revolutionary War. He was an aide-de-camp for General UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, and was one of the main proponents for the United States Constitution, organizing and being the primary writer of ''The Federalist Papers'' with John Jay and UsefulNotes/JamesMadison. As the first US Secretary of the Treasury, he was a proponent for a strong national government, a national bank, a standing army, and a national debt. He also established the New York Manumission Society with John Jay, the Bank of New York (later merged with Mellon Bank to form [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY_Mellon BNY Mellon]]), the oldest operating banking institution in the United States, as well as establishing a college, named Hamilton College, in upstate New York. [[HeAlsoDid Was also responsible for]] the New York Post, the U.S. Coast Guard, and arguably the [[BreadEggsMilkSquick first sex scandal in American history]].

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him a shot at the Presidency [[note]]Also of note, leaving out the caveat about being a citizen at the time of ratifying the constitution meant the US would need to wait at least 24 years (the candidate is to be at least 35 years old to run, and the Constitution was drafted 11 years after independence) for someone eligible, not to mention it would have cast doubt on the legitimacy of Washington as president, [[CaptainObvious which was of course out of the question]][[/note]] but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

* Hamilton appears in the HBO miniseries ''Series/JohnAdams'', portrayed by Rufus Sewell, particularly during the bit on the Washington Administration. Adams doesn't much care for him, despite being allies against Jefferson. Then again, Adams doesn't much care for a whole lot of people.

''[[Theatre/Hamilton "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?"]]''

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** The truth is that Adams actually would've been a Jeffersonian Republican were it not for his stance on slavery and his favor toward a stronger centralized government. In almost all other aspects, Hamilton and Adams were on opposite sides politically, and neither made any attempt to hide their dislike of the other.

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him a shot at the Presidency [[note]]Also of note, leaving out the caveat about being a citizen at the time of ratifying the constitution meant the US would need to wait at least 24 years (the candidate is to be at least 35 years old to run, and the Constitution was drafted 11 years after independence) for someone eligible, [[CaptainObvious which was of course out of the question]][[/note]] but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him a shot at the Presidency [[note]]Also of note, leaving out the caveat about being a citizen at the time of ratifying the constitution meant the US would need to wait at least 35 years (the candidate is to be at least that old to run) for someone eligible, [[CaptainObvious which was of course out of the question]][[/note]] but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) was one of the major Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an aide-de-camp for General UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, and was one of the main proponents for the United States Constitution, organizing and being the primary writer of ''The Federalist Papers'' with John Jay and UsefulNotes/JamesMadison. As the first US Secretary of the Treasury, he was a proponent for a strong national government, a national bank, a standing army, and a national debt. He also established the New York Manumission Society with John Jay, the Bank of New York (later merged with Mellon Bank to form [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY_Mellon BNY Mellon]]), the oldest operating banking institution in the United States, as well as establishing a college, named Hamilton College, in upstate New York. [[HeAlsoDid Was also responsible for]] the New York Post, the U.S. Coast Guard, and arguably the [[BreadEggsMilkSquick first sex scandal in American history]].

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him (he was born in the West Indies) [[note]]Also of note, leaving out the caveat about being a citizen at the time of ratifying the constitution meant the US would need to wait at least 35 years (the candidate is to be at least that old to run) for someone eligible, [[CaptainObvious which was of course out of the question]][[/note]] a shot at the Presidency but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him (he was born in the West Indies) a shot at the Presidency but the aforementioned sex scandal coupled with his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

He was bitter enemies with UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, but [[EnemyMine the two temporarily became allies]] during the 1800 presidential election when Aaron Burr, another enemy of Hamilton's, decided to run for the presidency. Four years later, Hamilton and Burr would be [[DuelToTheDeath involved in a duel, resulting in Hamilton's death]]. He is memorialized on the U.S. $10 bill. The US constitution's "natural born citizen" clause was written to grandfather in people born outside the US but citizens at independence possibly explicitly to allow people like him (he was born in the West Indies) a shot at the Presidency but his premature death ultimately derailed any chance at a (Vice-)presidential career, leading to a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen speculation in alternate history fiction.

* He was Cahill from the Ekatrina branch in The39Clues. The duel with Burr (a Lucien here) was considered the [[spoiler: Madrigals']] worst nightmare.

* The infamous Burr/Hamilton duel was featured in Got Milk? TV commercial.

* Alexander Hamilton was actually a rather obscure figure until the advent of Creator/LinManuelMiranda's smash hit musical ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Miranda first publicly performed what would become the show's opening number at an evening celebrating poetry and the spoken word at the White House in 2009; that performance can be viewed on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE youtube]]. The musical has since gone on to Broadway, becoming massively popular and winning 11 Tony Awards and even a Pulitzer.

Fun Fact: A lot of historians suspect that Hamilton [[AmbiguouslyBi might've been bisexual]]. This is due to not only being married to socialite Eliza Schuyler, but also his close relationship with South Carolina statesman [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens John Laurens]] and their correspondence letters bordering on flirting.

Fun Fact: A lot of historians suspect that Hamilton [[AmbiguouslyBi might've been bisexual]]. This is due to not only being married to socialite Eliza Schuyler, but also his close relationship with South Carolina statesman [[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens John Laurens]] and their correspondence letters bordering on flirting.

Fun Fact: A lot of historians suspect that Hamilton [[AmbiguouslyBi might've been bisexual]]. This is due to not only being married to socialite Eliza Schuyler, but also his close relationship with South Carolina statesman [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens John Laurens]] and their correspondence letters bordering on flirting.

Fun Fact: A lot of historians suspect that Hamilton [[AmbiguouslyBi might've been bisexual]]. This is due to his close relationship with South Carolina statesman [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens John Laurens]] and their correspondence letters bordering on flirting.

* Hamilton is the second Lord President of the Empire of North America in ''LookToTheWest'', and his son Philip is an adventurer in Africa.

* Alexander Hamilton was actually a rather obscure figure until the advent of Creator/LinManuelMiranda's smash hit musical ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. Miranda first publicly performed what would become the show's opening number at an evening celebrating poetry and the spoken word at the White House in 2009; that performance can be viewed on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE youtube]]. The musical has since gone on to Broadway, becoming massively popular and winning a Tony Award.

[[caption-width-right:325: [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} What's your name, man?]]]]