Talk:Alexander Hamilton

Regarding the article's current primary portrait
The current portrait being used to portray Hamilton at the top of the article is not Hamilton. The portrait was painted by John Trumbull two years after Hamilton's death, meaning that the portrait is merely what Trumbull remembers Hamilton looking like. There are many other contemporary portraits of Hamilton to choose from, some of which were also painted by Trumbull, that provide a much more accurate depiction of Hamilton particularly in his later years. Thank you for your consideration. UnbearableIsBad (talk) 02:44, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 16:09, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

grammatical error
He drafted many of Washington's orders and letters under Washington's direction, and he eventually issued orders on Washington behalf over his own signature

should be washington's behalf 2001:4BB8:105:AC9C:1CA0:10D1:F550:D92A (talk) 17:53, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
I'm mildly surprised to see that the page has no mention at all of the hit musical that brought Hamilton to popular attention in the past decade. I searched the talk page archives for discussions of this, since I strongly suspected the issue would have been litigated to death, but found only a few mentions of the page having at one time focused too strongly on the musical (e.g. with a mention in the lead and an extended quote in the body). I'm curious whether there's a consensus that the musical isn't really relevant here, and/or whether there's talk page discussion I missed. Thanks!

2601:189:8180:3C80:55D7:837:CE23:A62 (talk) 16:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)


 * The Legacy section directs the reader to Cultural depictions of Alexander Hamilton that mentions the 2015 musical. We cannot fit everything into one article without making the article too long. Peaceray (talk) 00:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * This doesn't make much sense to me, since mentioning the musical is not the same as mentioning "everything," and the musical is far and away the most important cultural depiction of Hamilton and the main way by which he is known to the current general public. Omitting all mention of the musical seems inconsistent with the approach taken in articles about other prominent people who are important or famous in their own right but are also the subject of an artistic work that plays a large part in their public perception, such as William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane is mentioned in the lede and discussed in the body of the article); Richard III of England (the eponymous play is discussed extensively); or Thomas Cromwell (Wolf Hall and its sequels receive two sentences of description under "Fictional Portrayals").
 * A brief, one-sentence description of the musical and its cultural impact alongside a link to the Cultural Depictions article would add little length to the article. Omitting even a brief acknowledgement seems like it's intended to make some kind of point about the musical. SS451 (talk) 22:27, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It seems that a large chunk of text relating to the musical was deleted in November 2022. I agree that even a brief mention would benefit the article, and the "it's too long" argument also doesn't really make much sense. The vast majority of attention Hamilton gets today is because of the eponymous musical, and even with the preexisting redirect, omitting any mention whatsoever to further guide the user towards a larger article is more of a disservice to his legacy than anything Equirax (talk) 02:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding it back. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 16:00, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2024
Under the subheading "Duel with Burr and death", paragraph 8, mention of son, Philip's, death misspelt as " Phillip". Every other mention of son is spelt with single "l". Please change the spelling of Phillip to Philip. Enblynx (talk) 00:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ RudolfRed (talk) 00:49, 26 March 2024 (UTC)