Oth Jefferson and Hamilton served in Washington's cabinet: Jefferson served as America's first secretary of state while Hamilton was secretary of the treasury. They started arguing almost immediately about the role of the government; Jefferson was a states' rights supporter and opposed Hamilton's national bank, and Hamilton found Jefferson foolishly idealistic. Jefferson thought Hamilton was a monarchist. The Anti-Federalists supported Jefferson, and the Federalists supported Hamilton.

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