Alexander Hamilton, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Hated Each Other
This led to the two-party divide
Alexander Hamilton and John Adams were both members of the Federalist political party, but they despised each other. Hamilton even challenged the President of the United States to a duel! Adams viewed the challenge as beneath him and ignored it. After receiving an insolent letter from Hamilton, he may have called him a “creole bastard.”
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