[William McKinley]

Uh huh. Right.

Hamilton was not a Whig, and he was dead before the Whigs came to be. Hamilton was a Federalist, the same party as George Washington and John Adams.

As for the Whigs bankrupting the government while lining their pockets, there really is not much evidence to support that contention. For that to be a correct assertion, one should have seen Whigs 'benefitting' from corruption more than Democrats, and the historical record simply does not support that contention.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Hamilton wasn't a Whig but he almost certainly would have become one had he lived long enough. It was his ideological home....though he probably wouldn't have liked Lincoln's or Harrison's log cabin routines.

[billbears]

Hamilton was not a Whig, and he was dead before the Whigs came to be.

I realize that!!! My statement was more about his belief systems in line with the Whigs and vie versa. Considering also the 16th President's complete disregard for the Constitution, he was the epitome of what Hamilton would have wanted in an elected king