ALEXANDER HAMILTON

[Library of Congress]

1757-1804

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (New York)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: King's College (Columbia)

Occupation: lawyer

Political Affiliation: Federalist

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian

Summary of Religious Views:

Hamilton, who was raised as a Presbyterian but later became Episcopalian, seems to have been a believer throughout his life, and was particularly devout during his college years and towards the end of his life.

Views on Religion & Politics:

In later life, Hamilton put forth a proposal to found a Christian Constitutional Society, but nothing came of it.

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Dramas/Musicals, Links

Books

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Works By Alexander Hamilton

ed. by Jacob E. Cooke, The Reports of Alexander Hamilton, Harper & Row, 1964
ed. by Morton J. Frisch, Selected Writings and Speeches of Alexander Hamilton (Constitutional Studies), Univ. Press of America, 1985
ed. by Julius Goebel, Jr., Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton, 5 vols., Columbia Univ. Press, 1964-1981
ed. Henry Cabot Lodge, The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), 12 vols., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904
ed. by Harold C. Syrett & Jacob E. Cooke, The papers of Alexander Hamilton, Volumes I - VII, 26 vols., Columbia Univ. Press, 1961-1979

Biographies

Richard Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American, Touchstone Books, 2000
Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, Penguin Press, 2004
Jacob Ernest Cooke, Alexander Hamilton a Profile, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982
Jay Cost, The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy, Basic Books, 2018
Michael P. Federici, The Political Philosophy of Alexander Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
Harvey Flaumenhaft, The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution in the Thought of Alexander Hamilton, Duke Univ. Press, 1992
James T. Flexner, The Young Hamilton: A Biography, Little, Brown, 1978; reprint, Fordham Univ. Press, 1997
Morton J. Frisch, Alexander Hamilton and the Political Order, Univ. Press of America, 1991
Winston Groom, The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America, National Geographic, 2020
John Harper, American Machiavelli: Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
Marie B. Hecht, Odd Destiny: the Life of Alexander Hamilton, Macmillan, 1982
Robert A. Hendrickson, The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981
Henry Cabot Lodge, Alexander Hamilton , Little, Brown, 1898; reprint, Alexander Hamilton, AMS Press, 1972
Forrest McDonald, Alexander Hamilton: A Biography, 1979; reprint, W. W. Norton, 1990
John Chester Miller, Alexander Hamilton Portrait in Paradox, Harper & Brothers, 1959; reprint, 1979
Broadus Mitchell, Alexander Hamilton, 2 vol., 1957-62
Susan Nagel, Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City, Pegasus Books, 2021
Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander Hamilton: A Life, HarperCollins, 2003
Nathan Schachner, Alexander Hamilton, 1946; reprint 1961
Gerald Stourzh, Alexander Hamilton and the Idea of Republican Government, Stanford Univ. Press, 1970
Tony Williams, Hamilton: An American Biography, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018

Articles

Douglass C. Adair and Martin Harvey, "Was Alexander Hamilton a Christian Statesman?" William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 12, April 1955, pp. 308-29
Steven C. Hertler, "A Second Bonaparte: Searching for the Character of Alexander Hamilton", Journal of the American Revolution, August 8, 2018
Jack Hitt, "America's First Lecher: Sex romps? Cover-ups? Questions of character? Public confessions? You'd think Bill Clinton would have learned something from Alexander Hamilton," Gentlemen's Quarterly, 347, November 1998
James Parton, "The Quarrel of Jefferson and Hamilton," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 31, Iss. 185, March 1873, pp. 257-276
Jerome Reiter, "Alexander Hamilton: The Duel with Aaron Burr", The Concord Review, Fall 1988
John L. Smith, Jr., "Alexander Hamilton's Extramarital Escapades", Journal of the American Revolution, August 2, 2016
Geoff Smock, "Hamilton’s Revenge", Journal of the American Revolution, March 26, 2019

Dramas/Musicals

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Jack Hitt, Hamilton: The Revolution, Grand Central Publishing, 2016
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Atlantic, 2015
Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, The Hamilton Mixtape, Atlantic, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton - Easy Piano, Hal Leonard, 2016

Links

Works By Alexander Hamilton

Documents (Constitutional Sources Project)
The Federalist Papers, by James Madison, John Jay, & Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist Papers, by James Madison, John Jay, & Alexander Hamilton (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
The Federalist (The Online Library of Liberty)
The Federalist No. 1: Annotated (JStor)
Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention of 1787 (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton (The Online Library of Liberty)
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794 (The Online Library of Liberty)

Biographical Sites

A Biography of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) (Hypertext on American History)
The Rise & Fall of Alexander Hamilton (Capitol Project -- University of Virginia)
HAMILTON, Alexander, 1755-1804 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Alexander Hamilton, New York (National Archives -- The Founding Fathers)
Who Served Here? Major General Alexander Hamilton (Historic Valley Forge)
Alexander Hamilton (Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution -- Center of Military History, United States Army)
The Jews Of Nevis And Alexander Hamilton (The Jewish Press)
Duel At Dawn, 1804 (Eye Witness)