... the United States in senior individual performance was Kerry Cole for his performance entitled "The Little Lion: Alexander Hamilton and the Creation of the American Economy and Government." Finishing 12th in the United States in junior group ...

... into the red the first time in 1790 when it assumed $75 million in the war debts of the Continental Congress. Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary, said, "A national debt, if not excessive, will be to us a national blessing ...

... even in the midst of a massive federal bailout. "There has never been a secretary of the treasury, except maybe Alexander Hamilton, right after the Revolutionary War, who's had to deal with the multiplicity of issues that Secretary Geithner ...

... Highlight in History: On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, N.J. On this date: In 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of ...

... presidency, yet partisans on both sides immediately went negative. The two best-known authors of the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, morphed into opposing party leaders slinging the mud. Led by Madison, Jefferson's supporters ...

... every American citizen. - Advertisement - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Marshall, Talleyrand and Aaron Burr all figure in this panoramic chronicle. Crucial to ...

A group of prominent Republicans is campaigning to have Ronald Reagan replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. That's not all. They want a Reagan memorial erected on the National Mall and they want every state in the ...

John Hancock was fined for getting a servant drunk. Alexander Hamilton was blackmailed for adultery and insider trading. Thomas Jefferson called Patrick Henry "avaricious and rotten-hearted ...

... 255th day of 2000. There are 111 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first secretary of the treasury. On this date: In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive ...

... Highlight in History: On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J. On this date: In 1533, Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King ...