Thursday, July 17, 2008

Hottest U.S. Constitution Signatory Hottie!



So... yeah... here's the thing. I was originally going to have a "Hottest Founding Father Hottie" and Thomas Jefferson was going to be that Hottie. I think my 11th grade American History teacher had something of a man-crush on Jefferson so I have been under the impression that he is a hottie ever since then. However, while doing research for my blog, the Founding Father that caught my eye in any group portraits was usually Alexander Hamilton. But then I'm not sure if Jefferson wasn't hot or if most of the images that exist of him are from when he was old. So rather than declaring either of them to be the Hottest Founding Father, I declare that Alexander Hamilton is the Hottest Signatory of the United States Constitution! Everyone wins! Except for the ugly people.

Alexander Hamilton had a super interesting life. He was born in the British West Indies to unmarried parents. When he was little his dad abandoned the family and he wasn't able to go to the Anglican schools on the island because he was a bastard child so he went to a private Jewish school. When he was either 11 or 13 his mom died. After that he went to Columbia University (then King's College), was the first Secretary of the Treasury, was involved in one of the first political sex scandals (he had an affair with a chick named Maria Reynolds and was blackmailed by her husband), and he died due to a mortal wound that was occasioned by a duel. Pretty interesting life all together.

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