Episode 373: The Immortals – Alexander Hamilton
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Alexander Hamilton’s life is one of the more extraordinary stories of a Founding Father’s rise to greatness. He was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, and was orphaned. A lawyer by training, he was also very involved in financial markets and founded The Bank of New York. Later he would serve as the first Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. During the Revolutionary War he was a senior aide to General Washington. After the war, he was elected as a Representative from New York to the Congress of the Confederation. He wrote 51 of the 85 Federalists Papers. Part of The Immortals leadership series.
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| 0:34.7 | On this episode of Newt's World, Alexander Hamilton's life is one of the more extraordinary |
| 0:40.8 | stories of a founding father's rise to greatness. He's truly an immortal. He was born in the Caribbean |
| 0:47.4 | on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies in January 1755 or 1757 to parents who were |
| 0:55.6 | unmarried at the time. And then he was orphaned. The idea that an orphan child would grow up to become |
| 1:03.2 | more of the most influential leaders in the founding of the United States of America is stunning. |
| 1:08.7 | And he really personifies the American dream before we had defined what that meant. Hamilton |
| 1:14.4 | was a lawyer by training but also got very involved in financial markets, founded the bank of New |
| 1:20.4 | York and later would serve as the first secretary of the treasury under President George Washington. |
| 1:26.3 | More importantly, it's what he did behind the scenes to establish the United States that's |
| 1:30.7 | significant. He served in the Revolutionary War, both in the field as an artillery officer |
| 1:36.4 | and as a senior aide to General George Washington. After the war, he was elected as a representative |
| 1:42.1 | from New York to the Congress of the Confederation. He led the Annapolis Convention of 1786 |
| 1:48.5 | and wrote 51 of the 85 Federalist Papers. Most of us these days, no Hamilton from the Broadway |
| 1:57.1 | musical by Lin Manuel Miranda which debuted in 2015. Miranda was inspired by the 2004 |
| 2:06.4 | Ronschernau biography of Hamilton. The musical has introduced a new generation to Alexander Hamilton's |
| 2:12.8 | life and legacy and made it an entertaining one. Hamilton in a sense has had a new burst of fame |
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