Tales from 1789

Looking up at the stone columns and TREASURY lettering of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C.

The Day America Got Its Money Man

On September 11, 1789, George Washington nominated Alexander Hamilton as America's first Treasury Secretary, and the Senate confirmed him the same day.

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Tales from the year 1789

The Day America Got Its Money Man