VICE-PRESIDENT AARON BURR  Aaron Burr  (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician.  He was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805), serving during Thomas Jefferson’s first term.  The highlight of Burr’s tenure as president of the Senate, one of his few official duties as vice president, was the Senate’s first impeachment trial, that of Supreme Court justice Samuel Chase.  In 1804, the last full year of his single term as vice president, Burr shot his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel.  Burr was never tried for the illegal duel, and all charges against him were eventually dropped, but Hamilton’s death ended Burr’s political career.  (More from Wikipedia) Â
 And then there was the famous duel that Alexander Hamilton lost with Vice-President Aaron Burr.  There is no question that his story is long on drama.  I did a book report in school once that featured the story of the duel, and frankly, that is about all I had remembered about him from my schoolboy days.  (September 2016)  |
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