andrew jackson, what do you notice about that list? the quickest road to white house was to be a political opponent of alexander hamilton. so history written by the victors. hamilton's party disaspears and hamilton disappears in 1804. so jeffersonsons were in charge of politics leading up to the civil war. a period of history that was more sympathetic to jefferson and madison and demonized hamilton. >> rose: even though his ideas about a strong federal government and an international monetary system of which the u.s. would be a part prevailed. >> absolutely, and i think he rescued us from bankruptcy. at the time the federal government started, american debt was selling for so, 15 cents on the -- for 10, 15ients on the dollar. by the time hamilton leaves as treasury secretary five years later american credit was as great as any other country in the world, our interest rates were lower than anywhere in the world. rescues us from bankruptcy, creates the first fiscal system, monetary system, coast guard, customs service, central bank and on and on. >> rose: his wife's death, -- his wife spent her life, 50 years, trying to ma