The leader I chose from my table was Alexander Hamilton. His Machiavellian manipulation of people around him and his innate ability to get things done makes him an excellent example of leadership.
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Born to a prostitute whose husband ran away and had her imprisoned, he displayed an early affinity for politics by negotiating a job with the British East India Company despite being six years too young at the age of eight. His mother died at ten years old to disease, but Alexander found a man willing to take him in. When that man committed suicide, Alexander went to live on his own. When he was fourteen, a hurricane struck his town and destroyed everything he had. Undeterred, he made the most of the situation and wrote a story about the events. His writing was so good the leader of his village led an effort to raise money for him to go to college in America. He had made his way up from a child who should have never been born to the prodigy of his hometown.

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People were itching for a reason to hate Hamilton’s genius, and he couldn’t sneak his way out of this one. He no longer held office and spent his time feuding with former friend Aaron Burr, who he had kept from becoming president in 1800. With peacemaker George Washington’s passing two years prior, there was no one to calm his temper. In 1804, they agreed to duel at Weehawken, NY. Ominously, this was the same site Hamilton’s son Philip had been shot in a duel seven years before - another challenge he was forced to overcome. When the time came to draw guns, Hamilton shot at the sky allowing Burr to hit him right beneath his heart. He died mere hours later, setting off a smear campaign by Jefferson and the Republicans that ruined his reputation forever. Until recently, many Americans had either never heard of him or they despised him. So why would I let him sit on my table of