Just minutes later, the Senate approved the appointment of Alexander Hamilton unanimously as the Secretary of the Treasury. The group came to be known as the ...

As a trusted member of President Washington's first cabinet, Hamilton served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He envisioned a central government ...

It is managed by a secretary that is appointed by the president. The Department of Treasury was officially formed by the Treasury Bill (HR-9), passed on July 2, ...

On this date Washington submitted to the Senate the following nominations for the Treasury Department: “Alexander Hamilton (of New York) Secretary.1.

After Washington was elected president, he chose Hamilton to be his secretary of the treasury.

Prior Secretaries ; Alexander Hamilton · Sept. 11, 1789 - Jan. 31, 1795, Washington ; Oliver Wolcott Jr. · Feb. 3, 1795 - Mar. 3, 1797. Mar. 4, 1797 - Dec. 31, 1800 ...

See “Alexander Hamilton's Nomination by George Washington for the Office of Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,” September 11, 1789 (PAH description ...

Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton (1789–1795). Secretary of the Treasury. Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1795–1797). Secretary of War. Henry Knox (1789–1794).

On September 11, 1789, Washington nominated Hamilton to become the first Secretary of the Treasury and Congress approved his appointment the same day. He ...