The claim: Alexander Hamilton told Thomas Jefferson that there weren't enough words to string together in the English language to express how much he wanted to hit him with a chair Alexander ...

The first—and perhaps the most important—political rivalry in U.S. history was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. The two Founding Fathers clashed over political differences, each trying ...

George Washington was sworn in as the first U. S. President at an inauguration ceremony on April 30, 1789, held on the steps of Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, a block east of what is now the New York ...

The founding father who rose from poverty to power and fame is again the talk of New York. There is a dazzling new hip-hop musical, Hamilton, written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the ...

Historian Brands (The Last Campaign) returns with a reliable account of the early American Republic’s political turmoil, concentrating on four well-known figures: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, ...