Components Of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton had all of the qualities one would expect to find in a great leader. Leadership, which is defined in our textbook is having the following four components: (a) Leadership is a process, (b) leadership involves influence, (c) leadership occurs in groups, and (d) leadership involves common goals. All four of these components define what leadership is: Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. Alexander had a process which involved a transactional event between him and his followers. As he wrote his letters in support of colonial independence, his letters usually followed two themes. One theme was describing the weakness of the existing national governemt and two

Alexander was speaking and influencing directly to them. These individuals all had a common purpose and felt very passionate in their beliefs. As we know, leadership does not happen if others don’t have the same feelings as the leader does. Alexander was also able to energize individuals through his writings toward achieving something together. Both he and his followers had a common goal or mutual purpose. Attention to common goals gives leadership an ethical overtone because it stresses the need for leaders to work with followers to achieve selected goals. Alexander Hamilton was a transformational leader, in that he influenced his followers to accomplish more than what was typically expected of them. Transformational leadership is a process in where follower are changed or transformed by the actions of the leader. It is concerned with emptions, values, ethics, standards, and long-term goals. It includes assessing followers’ motives, satisfying their needs, and treating them as full human

When the New York convention was held, only 19 of 46 of the delegates elected were in favor of the Constitution. Alexander, John Jay, and Robert Livingston led the delegates in favor of ratifying. During the convention, congress only needed one more state to ratify the Constitution in order for it be become law. Both New Hampshire and Virginia voted for ratification so the needed votes for ratification were in. Now the question was would New York join the union? The Anti-Federalist argued that ratification should depend on the adoption of amendments. But convention rules banned conditional acceptance. States could recommend that Congress consider additional amendments but it was all or nothing. Not accepting this rule, the Anti-Federalist in New York spent a month working on amendments for conditional ratifications. During this month Alexander would spend his entire day giving several speeches against the Anti-Federalist. It had only minor effect as it only changed the position of a few of delegates. Alexander finally had enough with the Anti-Federalist nonsense. He let it be known that New York City, which overwhelmingly favored the Constitution, might secede from the state and join the Union on its own if the state failed to ratify. The threat of losing the city was too much for the Anti-Federalist and they agreed to make their proposed amendments recommendations rather than