He was the Federalist responsible for electing Thomas Jefferson as the nation's third president?

Answer: Alexander Hamilton, he convinced the House to vote against Aaron Burr.

Explanation: As first secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795), he consolidated the public debt of the Union and the states, founded the national bank and laid the foundations of the country's industrialization. A politician of uncompromising positions was a loyal Washington follower and Jefferson's combative adversary, he died in New York in the aftermath of deadly injuries resulting from a duel with a rival, politician Aaron Burr.