Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of Treasury, and Thomas Jefferson, the Secretary of State, were brought together in the cabinet by George Washington. ... Hamilton was a strong supporter to a federal government. ... Hamilton wanted a few to run the government instead of the states to run it. ... Hamilton thought negatively on mankind. ... Hamilton was born in 1775 in the British West Indies. ...
Hamilton's financial plan which was to better the U.S. economy but only for some, the wealthy, and not very much for the farmers and lower class. ... Alexander Hamilton was the secretary of treasury during Washington's presidency (1789-1796), which mostly favored the wealthy people in his actions. ... He didn't support Hamilton's financial plan because by having the nation assume all state debts, its unfair for those states who had paid most of their debt and now would have to help the other states who had a larger debt to pay. ... Those who supported Hamilton's financ...
The two leaders of the parties were Thomas Jefferson, Republican, and Alexander Hamilton, Federalist. ... One of the main disagreements between Jefferson and Hamilton was that of the Constitutionality of a national bank. ... A) Hamilton, being the first Secretary of State, saw how the bank could help organize the economy. ... B) Jefferson saw the bank unconstitutional and unnecessary to the economy, whereas Hamilton saw it as good for the economy. ... Overall, the political and economic dispute between Jefferson and Hamilton was over when Jefferson won the election in 1801. ...
