1755-1804 united States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr
(?1755-1804) a US politician who helped to write the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES and was the first US Secretary of the Treasury from 1789 to 1795. Alexander Hamilton's picture is printed on the US ten-dollar BILL .