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Cabinet Picks CLASH: Washington's Team and America's First 2-Party System
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“I would wish the debt paid tomorrow; he wishes it never to be paid, but always to be a thing wherewith to corrupt and manage the legislature.” This slapback from Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson was aimed squarely at Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. These two – along with Edmund Randolph and Henry Knox – made up Washington’s first cabinet, a group filled with some major ideological clashes. In this episode, we’ll explore how their divisive views on issues like the national debt and a national bank created a rift so deep it helped give rise to America’s first two-party system.
Path to Liberty: November 15, 2024
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Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)
National Archives: The Anecdotes
The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson
Constitution: Article II, Section 2
James Madison – Resolution (19 May 1789)
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (27 May 1789)
List of secretaries of state of the United States