Alexander Hamilton was the first U.S. secretary of the Treasury. He established foundational financial principles for the country, including federal assumption of state war debts and the creation of the First Bank of the United States. He also created what would become the U.S. Coast Guard. He notably had philosophical differences with other Founding Fathers, particularly Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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