Fun Facts on Alexander Hamilton

1. Fun Facts on Alexander
Hamilton
By Emily Weber

2. He had lots of kids
●Philip (oldest)
●Angelica
●Alexander
●James Alexander (acted as secretary of state for President Andrew Jackson)
●John Church
●William Stephen
●Eliza
●Philip

3. He had one brother
● James Hamilton

4. He signed The Declaration of Independence

5. He married Elizabeth Schuyler on December 14, 1780

6. In 1775, he joined the American militia company in New York called the
Corsicans

7. He was General Washington’s right hand man

8. He wrote 51 out of the 85 essays in The Federalist Papers

9. Fun Fact 8
He was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

10. Fun Fact 9
He died at the age of 49

11. Fun Fact 10
In March of 1777, he was made a lieutenant colonel in the Continental
Army and appointer aides-de-camp to General Washington

12. Fun Fact 11
On June 27, 1804, he was challenged in a duel by Aaron Burr

13. Fun Fact 12
He lied about his age

14. Fun Fact 13
He passed the New York Bar exam after studying for only six months

15. Fun Fact 14
He was involved in the first sex scandal

16. Fun Fact 15
He founded The New York Post

17. Fun Fact 16
He lost his oldest son in a duel

18. Fun Fact 17
He was born on the West Indian Island of Nevis, January 11, 1755 or 1757

19. Fun Fact 18
He was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton and Rachel Faucett Lavien

20. Fun Fact 19
Orphaned in 1768

21. Fun Fact 20
He was sent to New Jersey to further his education by his guardian,
James Cruger, in 1772

22. Fun Fact 21
He enrolled at King’s College (now Columbia University) in 1773

23. Fun Fact 22
He joined New York militia in 1775

24. Fun Fact 23
He was admitted to the New York bar 1783

25. Fun Fact 24
He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783

26. Fun Fact 25
He assisted in founding the Bank of New York in 1784

27. Fun Fact 26
He represented New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787

28. Fun Fact 27
He was one of the 39 signers of the U.S. Constitution in 1787

29. Fun Fact 28
He resigned from the treasury in 1795

30. Fun Fact 29
He never returned to Nevis

31. Fun Fact 30
He is one of two people who are on money without having been a president.
He is on the $10 bill

32. Fun Fact 31
He established one of the first two political parties in America, the Federalist
Party

33. Fun Fact 32
His parents were never married

34. Fun Fact 33
He was a lawyer

35. Fun Fact 34
He adopted a little girl by the name of Fanny Antill

36. Fun Fact 35
He is best known for
● Founding Father
● Federalist Party
● US Coast Guard
● New York Post Office

37. Fun Fact 36
He hated the idea of slavery

38. Fun Fact 37
George Washington made Hamilton a Lieutenant Colonel and one of his
personal assistants, something called an “Aide-de-camp””

39. Fun Fact 38
Hamilton’s nickname was “the little lion” when he was an “Aide-de-camp”

40. Fun Fact 39
He was an outsider

41. Fun Fact 40
He used to write speeches for George Washington
Speeches:
● https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=11&page=transcript
● https://greatspeeches.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/george-washington-proclamation-of-neutrality-april-22-1793/
● https://greatspeeches.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/george-washington-farewell-address-september-19-1796/
● https://greatspeeches.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/george-washington-second-inaugural-address-march-04-1793/

42. Fun Fact 41
He got his first job when he was 11 years old

43. Fun Fact 42
In 1781, he led a victorious battle (Battle of Yorktown) against the British

44. Fun Fact 43
His dad left when Alexander was 10 years old

45. Fun Fact 44
His hobbies/ interests were:
● Writing
● Reading
● He liked going to school
● Politics
● Playing with his children

46. Fun Fact 45
He had aristocratic views

47. Fun Fact 46
He was 5 feet and 7 inches tall

48. Fun Fact 47
He was:
● Charming
● Impetuous
● Romantic
● Witty
● Dashing
● Headstrong

49. Fun Fact 48
He was mostly self-taught and probably snatched every spare moment to
read

50. Fun Fact 49
He showed little interest in student pranks

51. Fun Fact 50
On January 20, 1777, slightly more than 2 weeks after the fighting at
Princeton, Washington penned a note to Hamilton, personally inviting
Hamilton to join Washington’s staff as an aide-de-camp

52. Fun Fact 51
Washington referred Hamilton as “my boy”

53. Fun Fact 52
Robert Harrison nicknamed Hamilton “the little lion”

54. Fun Fact 53
Hamilton and Laurens took a liking to each other and became inseparable

55. Fun Fact 54
During winter encampments, he constantly educated himself

56. Fun Fact 55
He called Elizabeth Schuyler “Betsey” or “Eliza”

57. Fun Fact 56
He was 25 years old when he married Elizabeth Schuyler, who was 23
years old. Elizabeth Schuyler was the daughter of Revolutionary War
general Philip Schuyler

58. Fun Fact 57
On January 22, 1782, Elizabeth rewarded Hamilton with a son, Philp

59. Fun Fact 58
His account books reflect a concern with fashion

60. Fun Fact 59
On September 25, 1784, the Hamilton's had their first daughter, named
Angelica in honor of Eliza’s oldest sister.

61. Fun Fact 60
The second when he gets home, he sheds his office cares and entered
into his children’s imaginative world.

62. Fun Fact 61
He had never been known to hug the sidelines

63. Fun Fact 62
He supervised the entire Federalist

64. Fun Fact 63
Hamilton and his older brother, James Jr, were adopted briefly by a
cousin, Peter Lytton; but when Lytton committed suicide, the brothers were
separated.

65. Fun Fact 64
He was a:
● military leader
● Economist
● Journalist
● government official
● political scientist
● lawyer

66. Fun Fact 65
He worked as an accounting clerk in an mercantile in Saint Croix

67. Fun Fact 66
He was a quick learner

68. Fun Fact 67
He left his position as an adviser to George Washington to study law

69. Fun Fact 68
Being a lawyer drew him closer into politics

70. Fun Fact 64
After he works, he spent time on reading in the library of Reverend
Hugh Knox, gaining extensive in literature, history and science.

71. Fun Fact 70
His second article he wrote was “The Farmer Refuted”

72. Fun Fact 71
His NYC home is a National Monument

73. Fun Fact 72
He stumbled upon a traitor during the Revolutionary War

74. Fun Fact 73
Was about twenty years old when he began working as George
Washington’s assistant

75. Fun Fact 74
He was made Colonel on Tuesday, September 30, 1783

76. Fun Fact 75
Spoke French fluently

77. Fun Fact 76
Believed in strong central government