Collection: Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and a trusted aide to George Washington, helping to shape the new nation's government and economy in its earliest days. During his years of service, Hamilton established the American financial system and the First Bank of the United States, founded the U.S. Coast Guard to protect the nation's waters, and was a driving force behind the ratification of the Constitution, serving as a delegate from New York. His visionary policies laid the economic and institutional foundation for a strong federal government, cementing his legacy as one of America's most influential statesmen.