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, Links

Books

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, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982
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
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
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

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
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
Jerome Reiter, "Alexander Hamilton: The Duel with Aaron Burr ," The Concord Review, Fall 1988

Links

Works By Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton: Selected Works (Humanities Web)
Letters, Tracts, & Essays of the Founders: Alexander Hamilton (Founders Library -- founders.com)
The Federalist Papers, by James Madison, John Jay, & Alexander Hamilton (THOMAS -- Library of Congress)
The Federalist Papers, by James Madison, John Jay, & Alexander Hamilton (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
The Federalist (The Online Library of Liberty)
Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention of 1787 (Avalon Project -- Yale Law School)
Alexander Hamilton letters for the years 1769 thru 1802 (familytales)
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 (National Archives -- The Founding Fathers)
Alexander Hamilton (American Experience -- PBS)
Who Served Here? Major General Alexander Hamilton (Historic Valley Forge)
Alexander Hamilton (Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution -- Center of Military History, United States Army)
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) (Famous Trials -- University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School)
Alexander Hamilton (Colonial Hall)
The Jews Of Nevis And Alexander Hamilton (The Jewish Press)
Duel At Dawn, 1804 (Eye Witness)