Hamilton vs Jefferson , Jefferson gets the edge because he’s a Tall lanky with a freckled complex and auburn hair, Jefferson 46, was taken aback by the adulation being heaped upon the new Treasury Secretary , Alexander Hamilton , who had streaked to prominence in his abserve. At first Jefferson and Hamilton socialized on easy terms. For Hamilton, the first Treasury Secretary, the supreme treaty to liberty arose from insufficient government power. As the first secretary of state, Jefferson believed that liberty was jeopardized by concentrated federal power. Hamilton took office with an ardent faith in the new national government. Jefferson didn’t grasp the levers Jefferson didn’t for political order was tepid at. Hamilton brillant bash