| Birth: | Feb. 6, 1756 | | Death: | Sep. 14, 1836 | 
3rd United States Vice President, Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. He will probably always be known as the man who killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey on July 11, 1804. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Aaron Burr, Sr., second president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), he served in the Revolutionary War on the staff of General George Washington and later under General Israel Putnam during the Battle of Long Island and the subsequent retreat from New York City. He was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel at the age of 21, spent the winter of 1777 to 1778 at Valley Forge, fought at the Battle of Monmouth, and left the army in 1779. He became a successful lawyer in New York, his partner being his later dueling partner Alexander Hamilton. After a 1799 defeat in an election for a seat in the state legislature, Burr began to organize what was to become the Democratic Party in New York City. In the 1800 Presidential election, her and Thomas Jefferson each had seventy-three electoral votes. Alexander Hamilton threw his support to Jefferson, Jefferson was elected, and Burr had to settle for the Vice-Presidency. In 1804 he ran for Governor of New York but lost, and, like his defeat by Jefferson, he blamed the loss on Hamilton. An allegation of slander led to the famous duel - to this day historians cannot agree on whether Hamilton fired in the air, fired and missed, or if his gun simply misfired. Burr was indicted for murder in both New Jersey and New York but never tried. After briefly escaping to South Carolina he resumed his duties as Vice President, only to be finally brought down by a scandal in 1807 when he was accused of trying to set up his own empire west of the Mississippi. He was tried for treason but acquitted, and left the United States in 1808. He spent four years in exile, returned and resumed his law practice on his return, and died at his home in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, in 1836. He was briefly married to socialite Eliza Jumel. (bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
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Princeton Cemetery
Princeton
Mercer County
New Jersey, USA |
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Record added: Jan 01, 2001
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TRM
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Dear Col. Burr: History has judged you harshly but you were not what you were made out to be. You adored your two Theodosias .... you supported feminism wholeheartedly .... you publicly expressed your desire that women should have the right to vote. Yo...(Read more)
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Added: Sep. 27, 2009 |
Senator from New York, 1791-1797; Vice President of the United States, 1801-1805.
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