Aaron Burr1

Aaron Burr Jr., the son of Ester Edwards Burr and Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr was born on February 6, 1756 in Newark, New Jersey. He was also the grandson of the famous theologian, Jonathan Edwards. His father earned his living as a pastor at The Newark Presbyterian Congregation and the president of The College of New Jersey, which later became the Ivy League school, Princeton University. Upon graduating from Princeton University at the age of 16, Burr Jr. became a lawyer, although his studies were limited to theology. Following this, he delivered an oration entitled Building Castles in the Air. These castles, it has been said, were lying in the West waiting for Burr’s competence.

After retiring from the Continental Army as a field officer, Burr practiced law. He was then appointed as the attorney general of New York in 1789 and served as a United States senator from 1791 to 1797. But this soon ended as he joined the Thomas Jefferson group led by James Monroe in the Senate and James Madison in the House of Representatives. He served under Thomas Jefferson as the third Vice President in United States’ history.

As the Election of 1800 drew near, Burr took the allure to set up an impeccable ticket. It would place both h

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Again, another piece of evidence was thrown out. In the mean time put all your arms in perfect order. During the election, Burr favored funds to end Indian raids. Later a similar letter was received from Governor Claiborne speaking of similar images. ” (Chidsy 74) Historians proclaim that he could have recruited 1,500 men, easily. He panicked, and dropped out of Burr’s conspiracy.

He is remembered as one of history’s greatest losers, a traitor, a criminal, and most of all the Vice President who murdered Alexander Hamilton. Certainly it was the end of Hamilton’s career, but who was to say it was the end of Burr’s?

Despite all the rules of the dueling code had been recognized, news of Hamilton’s death spread like wildfire and hatred towards Burr quickly brewed. If this is so, then he was either not ready, was nervous, missed on purpose, or was merely a bad shot.

In a letter Burr wrote to his daughter he gave details of the jury. It has been proposed that Hamilton tried to make an edge by using a gun with a hair-like trigger. He became interested in bringing German settlers to Texas and attempted to establish contact with Texas revolutionists. At this time, he ran into a man by the name of John Wilkinson.

With this, Burr started to fear that he had a spy in his group and began to take precautions. He did not comply with it and this may have caused the outcome of the verdict.

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