Much of his early life is obscure. ... Hamilton desired a strong central federal government that had a president for life, but that was not shared by other convention delegates. ... The presidential election in 1800 had to be decided in the House of Representatives because Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson received equal numbers of votes from the electoral college. Hamilton used his influence in favor of Jefferson, instead of Burr, whom he though of as a dangerous and unprincipled adventurer. ...

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