What is Alexander Hamilton?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Alexander Hamilton |office = 1st [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] |image = Alexander Hamilton portrait by John Trumbull 1806.jpg |predecessor = ''Position established'' |president = [[George Washington]] |successor = [[Oliver Wolcott Jr.]] |signature = Alexander Hamilton Signaturert.svg |office2 = Delegate to the <br>[[Congress of the Confederation]]<br />from [[New York (state)|New York]] |predecessor2 = [[Egbert Benson]]or |party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] |office1 = [[Senior Officer of the United States Army]] |predecessor1 = George Washington |president1 = [[John Adams]] |successor1 = [[James Wilkinson]] |successor2 = Seat abolished |birth_date = {{birth date|1755|1|11|mf=yes}} or 1757 |birth_place = [[Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis|Charlestown]], [[Nevis]], [[British Leeward Islands]] |death_date = {{death date|1804|7|12|mf=yes}} (aged 47 or 49) |death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton|Elizabeth Schuyler]]|December 14, 1780}} |children = [[Philip Hamilton]]<br />[[Angelica Hamilton]]<br />[[Alexander Hamilton Jr.]]<br />[[James Alexander Hamilton]]<br />[[John Church Hamilton]]<br />[[William S. Hamilton]]<br />[[Eliza Hamilton Holly]]<br />[[Philip Hamilton (the second)]] |parents = James A. Hamilton<br />Rachel Faucette |allegiance = {{flag|New York|1778}}<br />{{flag|United States|1795}} (1777–1800) |branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg|size=23px}} [[New York Provincial Company of Artillery]]<br />{{flagicon image|Gadsden flag.svg}} Continental Army<br />{{Dodseal|Board|25}} United States Army |serviceyears = 1775–1776 (Militia)<br />1776–1781<br />1798–1800 |rank = [[File:Union Army major general rank insignia.svg|23px|border]] [[Major general (United States)|Major general]] |commands = U.S. Army Senior Officer |battles = [[Ameri