Secretary of State

Most people remember me as being the third President of the United States but I was also the first Secretary of State of the United States. I was the Secretary of State for Thomas Jefferson. I sereved this position from 1790-1793, I was 47-49. When I was in office there was this terrible man named Alexander Hamilton. One of the things we debated most about is the national debt from the war. He had this stupid idea to divide the debt equally for each state. I believed we should make each state pay for their own debt. This was just one of the many things we debated. In 1793 we sided with French in a battle against Britain. I helped convince everybody to side with the French. This helped lead to the war of 1812. This was one of the many things I did as the Secretary of State.
-Benjamin Padden

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