Portrayed by Ian Rose

Confidante and Chief of Staff to George Washington, astute lawyer and co-author of the Federalist Papers, first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton was a self-made man who identified as a soldier and preferred to be addressed by his military rank. There may be no documentation for Hamilton studying the sword, but we can be sure he learned to load and fire a musket in St. Croix, where he was born, as well as marching and drilling. Training to be an artillery officer, Hamilton pays for the privilege and becomes Captain of New York’s artillery during the Revolutionary War. Hamilton called for the creation of the Coast Guard, was active in the New York Society for the Manumission of Slavery, and established a firm fiscal foundation for our fledgling country.

Ian Rose looks like Alexander Hamilton and shares Hamilton’s approach to life. Both men are about 5’8” tall, are fair-skinned, have light hair and eyes; and both men have high standards to which they hold themselves and others. Not one to suffer fools, nor to limit himself to 10 words when 400 words will explore a subject from beginning to end and prevent misunderstanding, Rose offers Hamilton’s words, ideas that still resonate in our current economic situation. Recent talk of “bubbles,” for instance reminds us that Hamilton urged banks to be regulated in order to prevent potential crashes. But he tells us, “if banks…are sometimes betrayed into giving false credit, they more often enable honest and industrious men of small or no capital to engage in business with benefits to themselves and their community.” Dynamic, intelligent, with strong values, Hamilton was a force to be reckoned with.

Invite Alexander Hamilton to events for military, legal, financial and civil rights organizations:

• Educational Programs: Programs for Schools, Libraries, Museums, Historical Sites
• Keynote Speaker/Panelist: Leadership, Self-made Person, Building Consensus, the Art of the Deal
• Parades: Participant
• Parties: Meet & Greet, Mix & Mingle, Propose Toasts, Pose for Photo Ops
• Pair with Ben Franklin, John Adams, Abigail Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson.
• Ian Rose: Bio of Actor/Historian, Reenactor, or Impersonator