Senator Hamilton?
What about setting our sights on a lower office?
Could Hamilton have become a senator for New York or, possibly, New Jersey, if the Democratic-Republican hold on New York is too strong?
I like the thought of a somewhat chastened, post-duel Hamilton acting as a perpetual gadfly during the Jefferson and Madison administrations.
Give him a few years to mend his personal finances and become the voice of the well-to-do merchants of New York. I think the Bank of the United States would be re-chartered. Perhaps an even more interesting question would be 'How would General Hamilton have reacted to the run-up to the War of 1812'? Would he seek a military position? Would he be any better (not sure how he could be worse) than some of the OTL generals?
How would he have reacted to the proposals for the Erie Canal? Would that be a possible hook for a rapprochement with DeWitt Clinton?
My two cents,
David
What about setting our sights on a lower office?
Could Hamilton have become a senator for New York or, possibly, New Jersey, if the Democratic-Republican hold on New York is too strong?
I like the thought of a somewhat chastened, post-duel Hamilton acting as a perpetual gadfly during the Jefferson and Madison administrations.
Give him a few years to mend his personal finances and become the voice of the well-to-do merchants of New York. I think the Bank of the United States would be re-chartered. Perhaps an even more interesting question would be 'How would General Hamilton have reacted to the run-up to the War of 1812'? Would he seek a military position? Would he be any better (not sure how he could be worse) than some of the OTL generals?
How would he have reacted to the proposals for the Erie Canal? Would that be a possible hook for a rapprochement with DeWitt Clinton?
My two cents,
David