Alexander Hamilton: Creator of the American system; First Secretary of the Treasury; established the National Bank; combined tariffs and subsidies to help grow America.

Henry Clay: Took up Hamilton’s project, continued advocating to the government for tariffs and policies that would help grow America from the inside.

Henry Carey and Abraham Lincoln: Advocates for the American system during the Civil War, wanted the South to break away from the colonial system where cotton would be sent to Britain.