United States Secretary of the Treasury

reference to the technology-obsessed millennials or the ever-declining moral state of the nation. The fact of the matter is, what the founding fathers think has absolutely no influence or weight today, as they are all dead. If the founding fathers were presumably brought back, for some ungodly reason, they would probably be too transfixed with iPhones to do anything relevant or useful. The founding fathers’ opinions on today’s state of affairs is irrelevant, but they do have lasting influence,…

were several people who contributed to the creation of the United States, however there were a few who stood out - George Washington, who became the first US president and Alexander Hamilton, who served beside him as the Secretary of Treasury. Together they made a significant contribution to both the political and economic foundations of the United States. George Washington was the first president of the newly established United States. Washington served as a military general during the…

Gerald Ford “The President with No Election” Gerald For was the 38th president of the United States of America. Ford was the only president of the United States to not have an election and run in office for president or vice-president. After Richard Nixon resigned, Ford took over. Before Gerald Ford became President, his political career was well. He was elected as U.S. House of Representative in 1948. He also held office as House Minority the following 25 years he served as a congressman. He…

and France. Because of the revolution that won our independence, The United States was in major debt. When he stepped into the role of the president, Washington knew he had to find a way to pay off this debt to help the country in the future.…

During the American Revolution the United States was in great debt. The government owed bonds to the soldiers and money they had borrowed from other countries. The debt was 54 million. The government needed to come up with a way to make money to help their country and get everything under control. Alexander Hamilton ,secretary of Treasury, came up with a way to help reduce their debt. He wanted to tax whiskey, it was commonly used and would help with the financial damage. This made…

first Treasury Secretary of the United States, chosen by George Washington, and without him there would be no money or banks. In conclusion, Alexander Hamilton, the creator of our economic system, should not be replaced on the ten dollar bill. Another journalist, Cokie Roberts, suggests that a woman should replace Hamilton on the front of the ten dollar bill. Roberts believes that Hamilton should not be on the ten dollar bill because he was involved in the first major sex scandal in the United…

met with other delegates to help improve the then weak Articles of Confederation. At this event, he expressed his views on the importance of revenue on the government, which opened up the doors that later led him to become America’s first secretary of the treasury. Hamilton left behind a much stronger and secure U.S. economy, when he stepped down from this position, which helped further strengthen the U.S. government. Hamilton did attend the Constitutional Convention, but he did not have a huge…

as much of a proportionate crisis to George Washington. The author makes several valid points showing Washington’s greatest upheavals and unfortunate downfalls. I agree with Ellis in that when George Washington entered as our president of the United States, he faced several problems throughout his presidency. The Civil War (Abraham Lincoln), and the Great Depression (Franklin Roosevelt), was two eras in our nations history where our presidents had to firmly take charge and try to end with the…

got married to Elizabeth Schuyler and Hamilton wanted to have a good national government, for example, in the Continentalist, two letters from Phocion, and in the Federalist. Hamilton has the idea of having a good national government would help the state and what they would want to establish it would be better written. Hamilton started working at the age of 11 he worked as an account clerk in St. Croix and he learns about business on money and in trade. Hamilton boss like the way he works…

armed soldiers of the country, the president acts as Commander-in-chief of Armed Forces and is significant in its role as the commander of all branches of the United States’ military and its ability to command the use of the military for up to 60 days without Congress’ consent or declaration of war. Lastly, the president’s role as Chief of State is important to the overall makeup of the Executive Branch and is the ceremonial head of the country’s government. However, the Executive branch does…