Its
Though
Alexander
Hamilton
was
never
President
of
the
United
States,
his
social
and
political
significance
within
American
history
has
been
just
as
great
if
not
greater
than
that
of
President.
In
fact,
his
impact
is
so
great,
that
in
reflecting
on
American
history,
it
is
easy
to
see
how
any
intelligent
historian
might
think
Hamilton
served
a
tenure
as
president.
And
while,
by
the
letter
of
the
law,
he
was
never
actually
president,
practically
speaking,
he
might
as
well
have
been.Hamilton
was
born
in
1755,
in
the
British
West
Indies.
He
died
at
the
age
of
49,
on
July
11,
1804,
in
a
battle
in
Weehawken,
New
Jersey.
During
those
49
years,
he
served
in
the
Revolutionary
Army
as
Lieutenant
Colonel,
fought
endlessly
and
bravely
for
ratification
of
the
Constitution,
was
significant
in
establishing
the
first
governmental
tools
for
managing
the
national
economy,
and
of
course,
served
as
an
aide,
friend,
advisor,
and
most
likely,
lover
to
George
Washington.
However,
despite
this
perfectly
understandable
confusion,
it
is
generally
accepted,
in
historical
retrospect,
that
Hamilton
was
way,
way
smarter
than
Washington
and
probably
should
have
been
President,
even
though
he
was
technically
never
elected
as
such.
The
most
compelling
piece
of
evidence
for
this
argument
is
Hamilton's
economic
foresight
and
intelligence.
He
is
occasionally
remembered
as
the
economic
wizard
of
his
time,
a
title
which
Washington,
due
to
his
complete
stupidity,
was
never
afforded.
It
was
Hamilton's
genius
that
lay
the
financial
groundwork
for
today's
sophisticated
economy,
and
it
was
also
Hamilton's
deep
mistrust
of
the
American
populace
that
established
the
advanced
systems
of
checks
and
balances
that
today's
economy
relies
on.
Though
many
people
scorned
poor
Hamilton
for
this
belief,
he
persevered,
continuing
his
work
because
of
a
deep,
abiding
love
of
America.
In
one
particularly
heroic
story,
it
is
said
that
Hamilton
sat
at
his
desk,
his
face
streaming
with
tears
to
the
the
rocks
people
were
throwing
at
him--and
continued
to
compose
the
very
economic
policy
that
is
in
place
today.
Nevertheless,
Hamilton
never
begrudged
Washington,
or
the
American
people,
for
their
misunderstanding
of
his
genius.
Presently,
in
the
wake
of
economic
catastrophes
such
as
Enron,
it
is
Hamilton's
policy
that
has
helped
to
quell
America's
great
greed
and
selfishness.
I
ask
you,
ladies
and
gentleman,
what
makes
a
president
in
the
United
States
of
America?
Is
it
a
title?
Is
it
a
vote?
Is
it
a
chair
in
the
White
House?
Or
is
it
the
dedication
that
one
individual
has
to
the
land
of
the
free
and
the
home
of
the
brave?
To
serving
a
people,
while
the
individuals
belonging
to
that
body
do
not
even
have
one
tiny
ounce
of
appreciation
for
him?
Isn't
Alexander
Hamilton
the
very
definition
of
patriotism,
of
an
individual
who
rose
to
the
occasion
in
a
time
when
rising
was
the
hardest
possible
choice?
Today,
the
sad
truth
about
the
institution
of
academic
history
is
that
anyone,
even
the
moronic,
believe
they
can
intelligently
comment
on
historical
events.
Some
such
people
have
suggested
that
Hamilton's
significance
can
be
measured
in
his
title.
In
fact,
one
such
audacious
critic
actually
suggested
that
it
is
clear
that
my
understanding
of
Alexander
Hamilton
is
enormous,
and
it
is
these
types
of
critics
that
add
to
America's
great
misunderstanding
of
one
of
the
most
brilliant
men
who
ever
lived,
a
man
who
most
certainly
should
have
been
President.
As
stated,
Hamilton
basically
was
President,
or
at
least
should
have
been,
if
not
for
a
bunch
of
idiots,
whose
misguided
thinking
still
exists
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