James Alexander Hamilton was an American soldier, acting Secretary of State, and the third son of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He entered politics as a Democrat and supporter of Andrew Jackson.
The Nevis Mansion
Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.
Posthumous portrait by John Trumbull, 1806, from a life bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi, 1794
Alexander Hamilton in the Uniform of the New York Artillery, a portrait by Alonzo Chappel
Portrait of Hamilton authoring the first draft of the U.S. Constitution in 1787
A statue of Hamilton on the south patio of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.