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Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Charles Town, Nevis,
January
11, 1757.
Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.
Episcopalian.
Scottish and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $10
bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on
U.S. notes
and certificates of various denominations from $2
to $1,000.
Shot
and mortally wounded in a duel with
Aaron
Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 12,
1804 (age 47 years, 183
days).
Interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury
Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to
Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler; sister of Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler); father of James
Alexander Hamilton and William
Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert
Hamilton Woodruff; second great-grandfather of Laurens
M. Hamilton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Nathaniel
Pendleton — Robert
Troup — John
Tayler — William
P. Van Ness |
| | | Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Alexander
H. Buell
— Alexander
H. Holley
— Hamilton
Fish
— Alexander
H. Stephens
— Alexander
H. Bullock
— Alexander
H. Bailey
— Alexander
H. Rice
— Alexander
Hamilton Jones
— Alexander
H. Waterman
— Alexander
H. Coffroth
— Alexander
H. Revell
— Alexander
Hamilton Hargis
— Alexander
Hamilton Phillips
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| | | Personal motto: "Do it better
yet." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard
Brookhiser, Alexander
Hamilton, American — Forrest McDonald, Alexander
Hamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror
: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — Ron
Chernow, Alexander
Hamilton — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander
Hamilton: A Life — John Harper, American
Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign
Policy — Stephen F. Knott, Alexander
Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,
Young
Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and
The Revolution That Created The Constitution |
| | | Critical books about Alexander
Hamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo, Hamilton's
Curse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution
-- and What It means for Americans Today |
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George Hearst (1820-1891) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Sullivan, Franklin
County, Mo., September
3, 1820.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1865-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1886, 1887-91; died in office 1891.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1891 (age 70 years, 178
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Noble (1785-1831) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born near Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., December
16, 1785.
Lawyer;
member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1813-14; member
Indiana territorial council, 1815; circuit judge in Indiana,
1815; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-31; died in office 1831.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1831 (age 45 years, 72
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Roy Orchard Woodruff (1876-1953) —
also known as Roy O. Woodruff —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., March 14,
1876.
Son of Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
dentist;
mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1913-15, 1921-53;
defeated, 1914; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Scottish and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans; American
Dental Association; Delta
Sigma Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1953 (age 76 years, 335
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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