What's the reason that Hamilton remained in office longer than Jefferson?

A. Ill health forced Jefferson's premature retirement from the Cabinet.

B. Jefferson left the Cabinet after he failed to remove Hamilton as Treasury Secretary.

C. Hamilton's articles in the newspaper forced Jefferson to resign.

D. Washington asked Jefferson to resign because of the letters he drafted for Giles.

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Corbin Reid

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1 March, 02:38

What's the reason that Hamilton remained in office longer than Jefferson?

A. Ill health forced Jefferson's premature retirement from the Cabinet.

B. Jefferson left the Cabinet after he failed to remove Hamilton as Treasury Secretary.

C. Hamilton's articles in the newspaper forced Jefferson to resign.

D. Washington asked Jefferson to resign because of the letters he drafted for Giles.

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Deanna Bryant · Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B.

Explanation: Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795), he consolidated the public debt of the Union and the states, founded the national bank and laid the foundations of the country's industrialization. A politician of uncompromising positions was a loyal Washington follower and Jefferson's combative adversary, he died in New York in the wake of deadly injuries from a duel with a rival, politician Aaron Burr.