Alexander Hamilton will always be remembered as one of America's greatest economic minds. He is immortalized on the United States ten dollar bill.
Although Hamilton supported a Parliamentary-type government, he is most famous for his works regarding the U.S. Constitution and The Federalist. He was a staunch supporter of the Constitution and helped in its creation and execution. He was also the primary author of the Federalist Papers, a classic commentary on principals of government and American constitutional law. When George Washington was elected president, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the United States' first secretary of the treasury. Hamilton is credited with the establishment of America's financial system, and took great care in establishing America's credit at home and abroad. His opinions concerning the structure and function of the national bank were ground-breaking and are still the inspiration behind the English and German economic systems. Hamilton also established an American philosophy on foreign policy, and influenced George Washington to assert a position of neutrality regarding the French Revolution.
