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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Newark, New Jersey
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Port Richmond, New York
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Aaron Burr was third U.S. vice president, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, and whose turbulent political career ended with his arrest for treason.


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Aaron Burr was born February 6, 1756, in Newark, New Jersey. In 1784 and 1785 he was elected to the state assembly, and in 1789 he was appointed attorney general. By 1791 he was elected to the Senate. In 1800 he was elected vice president. Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel in 1804, in which Hamilton was killed. Arrest warrants were issued for Burr and he was later accused of treason.

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