Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and adventurer. He was a major formative member of the Democratic-Republican party in New York and a strong supporter of Governor George Clinton. He is remembered not so much for his tenure as the third Vice President, under Thomas Jefferson, as for his duel with Alexander Hamilton and his trial and acquittal on charges of treason. Burr was born in Newark, New Jersey, to the Rev. Aaron Burr, Sr., who was the second president of the College of N ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia II - Aaron Burr - The Duel When it became clear that Jefferson would drop Burr from his ticket in the 1804 election, the Vice President ran for the governorship of New York instead. Burr lost the election largely due to a personal smear campaign orchestrated by his own party rivals, the Clintons of New York. Hamilton also opposed Burr, due to his belief (still controversial) that Burr had entertained a Federalist secession movement in New York. But Hamilton exceeded himself at one political dinner, where he expressed a "still more despicable opinion" of Burr. After a ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Burr novel

Burr: A Novel is a 1973 historical novel by Gore Vidal. Burr challenges the traditional iconography of American history through a fictional narrative and memoir by Aaron Burr, who was an officer in the Revolutionary War, a lawyer, and the vice president during Thomas Jefferson's first term as president of the United States. Burr generally presents its namesake character as a fascinating, heroic, and honorable gentleman, while skewering most of the other U.S. historical figures who appear in the story, inclu ...

Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Chase Manhattan Bank

The Chase Manhattan Bank was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The Bank of the Manhattan Company had been founded in 1799 by Aaron Burr, and Chase National Bank was named for former United States Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, although Chase never had any connection with the latter entity. At the time of the merger in the 1950s, Chase National, which the Rockefeller family had exercised strong influence over si ...

Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - 1807

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). 1807 - Events. February - Napoleon attacks Russia February 6 - Naval Engagement February 8 - Battle of Eylau - Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy and aquitted. March ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Burr

A burr is a seed or type of fruiting body, borne by certain plants, in which the seeds bear hooks or teeth which attach themselves to fur or clothing of passing animals or people. The hooks or teeth can be irritants. It is the inspiration for Velcro. Examples of plants that produce burrs include; Burdock, various species of Arctium Pirri-pirri Burr, various species of Acaena Burr marigold, various species of Bidens Cleavers o ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - 1756

1756 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). 1756 - Events. March 17 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - List of biographers

Biographers are authors who write an account of another person's life, while autobiographers are authors who write their own biography. List of biographers - Some notable authors of biographies. A. N. Wilson - England Alanna Nash, (born 1950), United States Alfred Ainger, (1837-1904) - Charles Lamb Alison Weir - "popular" history Amanda Foreman, (born 1968) - Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire Andrew Robinson, (born 1957) - Satyajit Ray and Rabindrana ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Caesar A. Rodney

Caesar Augustus Rodney (January 4, 1772 – June 10, 1824) was the United States Attorney General from 1807 to 1811, a U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1822 to 1823, and the U.S. Minister to Argentina from 1823 until his death in Buenos Aires in 1824. He was the nephew of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence who is depicted on the Delaware state quarter. Rodney was born in Dover, Delaware. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1789, he studied law under Joseph B. McKean in Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar in 1793. He practiced law ...

Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - U.S. presidential election 1804

The U.S. presidential election of 1804 pitted incumbent (Democratic-)Republican President Thomas Jefferson against Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Jefferson easily defeated Pinckney in the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because of the Twelfth Amendment, presidential electors were required to specify in their votes their choice for President and Vice President; previously, electors voted only for President, with the person who c ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Democratic-Republican Party United States

The "Democratic-Republican Party" is the label formerly given by historians to one of the first two American political parties during the First Party System, 1792-1824. Contemporaries referred to it as simply the "Republican Party", which in 2006 has become the preferred term among scholars. In the 20th century historians and textbooks sometimes called it the "Democratic-Republican Party" or the "Jeffersonian Republicans". Democratic-Republican Party United States - History. The Republican Par ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Zebulon Pike

Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779–April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition, often compared to the Lewis and Clark expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. Pike was born in Lamberton, New Jersey. His father, also Zebulon Pike, was an officer in the United States Army under General George Washington and remained in service after the end of the Revolutionary War. Pike grew to adulthood in a series of Midwestern outp ...

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - U.S. presidential election 1796

The U.S. presidential election of 1796 was the first contested American presidential election and the first one to elect a President and Vice-President from opposing tickets, exposing potential flaws in the original Electoral College system. Incumbent Vice President John Adams was a candidate for the presidency on the Federalist Party ticket with Thomas Pinckney as his running mate. Although Adams won, his opponent, Thomas Jefferson on the Republican t ...

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Aaron Burr: American History Dictionary - Aaron Burr

Definition and meaning of Aaron Burr:

Burr, Aaron

Burr tied Jefferson for the presidency in the Electoral College vote in 1800 and became vice-president. He later killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, and was acquitted of conspiring to commit treason when he was party to a mysterious scheme involving the Southwest Territory.

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Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia II - Alexander Hamilton - Early years

Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies island of Nevis to James Hamilton, a businessman from Scotland, and Rachel Fawcett Lavien of French Huguenot descent, who was then married to another man. (The couple lived apart from one another under an order of legal separation. Re-marriage was forbidden by law at the time.) There is some uncertainty as to the year of Hamilton's birth. Throughout his life, Hamilton stated that it was 1757, and that year went unquestioned for centuries. More recent examinations of probate court records at St. ...

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