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SATT 001 – Alexander Hamilton

July 31, 2021Seat at The TableAbraham Venable, Alexander Hamilton, Democratic-Republican Party, Edmund Randolph, Federalists, First Bank of the United States, France, Frederick Muhlenberg, George Washington, Great Britain, Henry Knox, James Callender, James Madison, James McHenry, James Reynolds, John Adams, John Jay, Maria Reynolds, Reynolds Affair, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, William Branch Gilespresidencies

Tenure of Office: 11 September 1789 – 31 January 1795 (Secretary of the Treasury)

We begin our new special series with the first Cabinet member to assume office under the constitutional government – Alexander Hamilton! You may have seen the musical, but there are a few more parts of his history that didn’t make it into that production.

Thanks so much to my special guest for this episode – Alycia from the Civics & Coffee Podcast!

Featured Image: “Alexander Hamilton” by John Trumbull [c. 1805], courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.13 – Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

July 24, 201701 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, Election of 1792, First Bank of the United States, George Washington, James Madison, Maria Reynolds, National Gazette, Panic of 1792, Philip Freneau, Thomas Jefferson, William Duerpresidencies

George Washington, Esq, by Edward Savage [c. 1793], courtesy of the Library of Congress

Year(s) Discussed: 1792

Washington has an important decision to make as the Election of 1792 looms. Should he accede to the wishes of many and stand for reelection or should he take his weary bones back to Mount Vernon for the remainder of his days? The growing factional agitations that were exacerbated by Hamilton’s submitting his Report on Manufactures as well as a financial panic in 1792 do little to make the situation better. Meanwhile, Hamilton’s affair with Maria Reynolds gets ever more complicated. And did the Attorney General just say something about a potential civil war? Washington’s action-packed first term hits some bumpy roads in this episode. Source information can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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1.08 – Banking and Drinking

May 14, 201701 - George WashingtonAbigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, District of Columbia, Edmund Randolph, First Bank of the United States, First Congress, Fisher Ames, George Clinton, George Washington, James Madison, Martha Washington, New York City, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Theodore Sedgwick, Thomas Jefferson, Vermont, Whiskey Excise Tax, William Maclaypresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1789-1791

The government is on the move! As the federal government transitions to its new temporary capitol while Washington selects a site for the permanent capitol along the Potomac, it is also forced to deal with the most controversial proposal put forward to date: the creation of a National Bank. Meanwhile, Hamilton’s proposal of an excise tax on whiskey sails through and a new state is added to the Union. Source information can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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Tag Archives: First Bank of the United States

SATT 001 – Alexander Hamilton

1.13 – Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

1.08 – Banking and Drinking