- Wrote the Declaration of Independence- George Washington's secretary of state- Anti-Federalist that disagreed with Alexander Hamilton's financial plans, said it benefitted the rich and hurt indebt farmers- agreed to support Hamilton's plan to pay off debt if they moved the nation's capital along the Potomac River in the south- argued the constitution did not give the federal govt the power to create a national bank- sympathized with the revolutionaries and wanted to support them in the French revolution.- so upset with Washington's Proclamation on Neutrality that he resigned as secretary of state- ran as the Democratic-Republican candidate for president when Washington resigned, he lost to John Adams and became the vice-president- Third president of the united states

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