Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Jefferson

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

We know Jefferson was a great President so him.


If you just had to go based on ideology though- Hamilton

Actually, Jefferson's time of greatness was before he was President. His only great accomplishment, the Louisiana Purchase, was handed to him on a silver platter.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Surprised and happy that Jefferson is winning.

Yeah, I'm very pleasantly surprised too. I guess I didn't give this forum enough credit.

I'm not surprised. Jefferson was pathetic as President, but there's no reason to think Hamilton would've been better, just different. Neither man really had the temperament to be even a good President, but their flaws were different.

It's a shame that the brief existence of the Department of Foreign Affairs was snuffed out by augmenting it with other responsibilities to make it the Department of State. Jefferson would've been less able to establish a political base if he'd only had Foreign Affairs within his remit. Then perhaps some other Republican would've become the leader of the opposition to the Fedealists, perhaps Madison, maybe Henry Tazewell.