•HRES 54 IH 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton was accepted at King’s College 
in New York City, which today is known as Columbia 
University; 
Whereas while attending King’s College in New York City, 
Alexander Hamilton completed his first political writing, 
A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress, and The 
Farmer Refuted, in 1774; 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton joined a New York volunteer 
militia company called the Hearts of Oak in 1775 along 
with a number of his fellow King’s College colleagues; 
Whereas Hamilton achieved the rank of lieutenant, studied 
military history and tactics on his own and led a success-
ful raid for British cannon in the Battery, the capture of 
which resulted in the Hearts of Oak becoming an artil-
lery company thereafter; 
Whereas through his connections with influential New York 
patriots like Alexander McDougall and John Jay, he 
raised his own artillery company of 60 men in 1776, 
drilling them, selecting and purchasing their uniforms 
with donated funds and the company, in turn, chose the 
young man as their captain, who caught the eye of 
George Washington; 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton joined George Washington’s 
staff in 1777 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel and for 
four years served in effect as his chief of staff; 
Whereas on December 14, 1780, Alexander Hamilton mar-
ried Elizabeth Schuyler, daughter of General Philip 
Schuyler, joining one of the richest and most political 
families in the State of New York; 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton created our nation’s first polit-
ical party, the Federalist Party; 
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Whereas from 1782–1783 he served as a member of the Con-
gress of the Confederation and then he retired to open 
his own law office in New York City; 
Whereas in 1784, Alexander Hamilton founded the Bank of 
New York, now the oldest ongoing banking organization 
in the United States, and was also instrumental, along 
with John Jay, in the revitalization of King’s College; 
Whereas in 1787, Alexander Hamilton served in the New 
York State Legislature and was the first delegate chosen 
to the Constitutional Convention; 
Whereas in 1788, Alexander Hamilton recruited John Jay 
and James Madison to write a defense of the proposed 
Constitution, now known as The Federalist Papers, 
where he was responsible for writing 51 of 85 papers 
published; 
Whereas President George Washington appointed Alexander 
Hamilton as the first Secretary of the Treasury in which 
position he served from September 11, 1789, until Janu-
ary 31, 1795; 
Whereas during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury, Al-
exander Hamilton oversaw the establishment of the 
United States Mint, the First National Bank, and the 
United States Coast Guard; 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton founded the New York Evening 
Post, today called the New York Post, in the autumn of 
1801; 
Whereas the New York Post is currently the oldest continual 
daily paper and the 5th largest in the United States; and 
Whereas Alexander Hamilton died July 12, 1804, and is bur-
ied at Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in Manhattan: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
Alexander Hamilton on the 250th anniversary of his birth. 
Æ 
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