It was not Hamilton who cemented federal power over the states but the Constitution. He and Marshall were the greatest interpreters of the Constitution we ever had with the latter examining every issue through the thought of the former (as he admitted.) Had Hamilton been able to defeat Jefferson's political machine and become president I do not believe the Civil war would have occurred.
"It was not Hamilton who cemented federal power over the states but the Constitution."
The Constitution that Hamilton championed. He was as responsible as any other single man for the Constitution being ratified, with his tireless work on the Federalist Papers. He felt that the Articles of Confederation, with its weak federal government, was a wholly inadequate foundation on which to build the mighty industrial nation he foresaw.
Hamilton was certainly a proponent of Federal power as a guarantee of liberty. He also favored a strong Executive branch (as did Washington), which led his critics to call him a monarchist.