Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July 11, ...

The first—and perhaps the most important—political rivalry in U.S. history was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The two Founding Fathers clashed over political differences, each trying ...

The house that Alexander Hamilton built may soon reopen as a public museum. The First Bank of the United States was built in 1797 in Philadelphia to be the central hub of Hamilton’s national banking ...

“What’s your name, man? Alexander Hamilton.” Whether you’re a history buff or a musical lover, it’s likely you know a thing or two about Alexander Hamilton—one of America’s most influential founding ...

Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political ...

As the first secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton helped establish the credit of the U.S. government, making it a trusted borrower at home and abroad. What we’ve done with that trust might ...

The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding, by William Hogeland, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $35 Hamilton's fondness for industrial policy was also one of ...

Fans of Alexander Hamilton will soon have a new place of pilgrimage in Philadelphia. Though Philly is best known as the laboratory for American independence, it was also arguably where the American ...

Alexander Hamilton: founding father, prolific writer, super invested in the U.S. currency … ruffle thief? If Thursday’s episode of the CBS comedy “Ghosts” is to be believed, history’s true rivalry ...