The Treasury Secretary serves as head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The position was created in 1789 and was first held by Alexander Hamilton under President George Washington.

Investopedia / Ellen Lindner Alexander Hamilton was a writer ... being appointed the country’s first secretary of the Treasury, and revolutionizing the nation’s financial system.

The Treasury Department's plan to bump Alexander Hamilton and ... department has said that it's possible Hamilton, who was the country's first treasury secretary, would still appear on the bill ...

After Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" became a smash hit, visitorship to Alexander Hamilton's historic home tripled.

The Hamilton Scheme casts new light on the character of the country's first treasury secretary. As even Noah Webster, Hamilton's contemporary and fellow Federalist, aptly put it, Hamilton's ...

are fighting over who has the best claim on the legacy of Alexander Hamilton. It began last week when Mr. Rubin affixed the name of the first Treasury secretary to "the Hamilton Project," an ...

Coins are left at Alexander Hamilton's gravesite in the yard ... He was the country's first Secretary of the Treasury and a major contributor to the Federalist papers, a series of essays from ...

At least one guy in Washington isn’t surprised that Alexander Hamilton is suddenly achieving Beyoncé-esque levels of fame. That would be Treasury Secretary ... demo of the first song of ...

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said his redesigned $10 bill will make "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda "very happy." Lew announced plans last year to put a woman on the $10 -- but said the bill ...

“Alexander Hamilton has left an enduring mark ... the current secretary of the Treasury would diminish the first secretary of the Treasury,” he said. “It’s really baffling.” ...

Then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson got Congress ... with financial crises all throughout U.S. history. The first was Alexander Hamilton and what was known as the Panic of 1792.