- **Born:** January 11, 1755 or 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis, British West Indies - **Parents:** James Hamilton (Scottish merchant) and Rachel Faucette (of British and French Huguenot descent) - **Spouse:** Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton - **Children:** Philip Hamilton, Angelica Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Jr., James Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton, William Stephen Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton Holly, Philip Hamilton (II) - **Died:** July 12, 1804 in New York City - **Highest Office:** 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795) - **Other Notable Positions:** Continental Army officer, aide-de-camp to George Washington, delegate to Constitutional Convention, co-author of Federalist Papers, Major General during Quasi-War - **Party Affiliation:** Federalist Party (founder and leader) - **Historical Note:** Architect of the American financial system and founder of the Federalist Party. Born out of wedlock and orphaned young, he rose to become one of the most influential Founding Fathers. Killed in a duel with Aaron Burr at the same location where his eldest son Philip had died in a duel three years earlier.