Characteristics Of Alexander Hamilton

Throughout this year, many great leaders have been taught, but there were three men who stood out most, for good and for bad. One was Alexander Hamilton, a well known congressmen who displays many great traits, but also had a few times when he wasn’t his best self. Another leader was Andrew Jackson and as he started in poverty, he worked his way up to becoming the president. The people of his time thought he was a superior leader, but he had moments when he could have been more empathetic. The last leader was Henry Clay, a man who was known for bringing people together and keep trying to work his way to the top. He also had a few times when he could have been more right-minded. These men were extremely successful, and their stories are worthy
George Washington knew who Hamilton was because he was a good leader, and he was respectful. Because Hamilton was a good leader, he knew how to bring people together and he knew how to work with a team of people. During the Battle of Valley Forge in 1777, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the leader of the U.S., needed his plans translated to English and French (French were our allies). Von Steuben only knew German, so he needed the German to be translated to French because he needed the French to get the plans. After he had him change the plans to German, they needed to be changed to English, so the rest of the leaders of the Americans could read it. Hamilton knew French, so he was able to translate from French to English. This shows that since Hamilton spoke more than one language, he could work with a lot of people that others couldn’t. Being able to speak many languages can make you good at working with a team, and Hamilton displayed this very well during the Battle of Valley
In 1804, Aaron Burr, a politician, ran for Governor of New York because he wanted to be powerful. Both Hamilton and Burr were residents of New York, and Hamilton told reporters that Burr is dangerous. Burr lost the election and blamed it on Hamilton because he said that he was perilous. Saying mean things about an opponent is normal now, but back then that really could have costed them the election. The ethical thing to have done would be to not say anything about him or to say something nice. Saying Burr is dangerous to a reporter made Burr furious, so he challenged Hamilton to a duel. The duel is fought in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey. Burr tells everyone that he is going to fire into the air, the ethical thing to do; however, he says he’s going to shoot Hamilton in the abdomen. They both did as they say they said. In this duel, Hamilton is making the right-minded action. Hamilton gets shot in the abdomen and dies. This all happened because he said something mean about Aaron Burr.
Not only did Hamilton say something degrading about Burr, but he made an unethical choice while in office. He was the Secretary of the Treasury, and he was exposing cabinet secrets to Major George Beckwith. Beckwith was also a part of Benedict Arnold trying to sell West Point to the British. This is known as treason. Hamilton was not the most ethical man, but he was great at working