![]() A blunt, practical man, he never understood the role that idealists like Jefferson played in shaping society. Hamilton was among the most intellectually gifted of the Founding Fathers, rivaling in ability his arch foe, Thomas Jefferson, but he lacked practical political experience and failed to win support for many of his most cherished ideas. He combined a natural affinity for aristocratic values with a generally pessimistic view of human nature and concluded that successful government must be strong and must win the support of men of property and social standing. As an immigrant, Hamilton was able to transcend loyalty to any single state or region and think in terms of nationhood. Oil, by John Trumbull (1792) National Gallery of Art.Īlexander Hamilton, who represented New York at the Constitutional Convention, was a brilliant political theorist and a leading advocate of centralized government. ![]() Interment: Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, New York City Birth: 11 January 1757, on Nevis, British West Indies ![]()
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