U.S. HISTORY ~ FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS DATE IN 1790

Thomas-Jefferson 
                                                      Thomas Jefferson

Washington and His Cabinet

U.S. President George Washington (far left) sits with members of his Cabinet who were appointed in 1789 and 1790. The members are (left to right) Secretary of War Henry Knox, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

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FOUNDING FATHER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1757

alexander hamilton
Economist and political philosopher, Alexander Hamilton was the  
first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States from 1789 to
1795. He was also one of America’s first constitutional lawyers. 

ten dollar bill

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