Although dueling was illegal, Burr was never tried, and all charges against him were eventually dropped. Constitution.ĭuring his last year as vice president, Burr engaged in the duel in which he fatally shot Hamilton, his political rival, near where Hamilton's son Philip Hamilton died three years prior. Although Burr maintained that he supported Jefferson, the president was highly suspicious of Burr, who was relegated to the sidelines of the administration during his vice presidency and was not selected as Jefferson's running mate in 1804 after the ratification of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. An electoral college tie between Burr and Thomas Jefferson resulted in the House of Representatives voting in Jefferson's favor, with Burr becoming Jefferson's vice president due to receiving the second-highest share of the votes. Burr would later run as the Democratic-Republican presidential candidate in the 1800 election. Īt age 26, Burr married Theodosia Bartow Prevost, who died in 1794 after twelve years of marriage. As a New York Assemblyman in 1785, Burr supported a bill to end slavery, despite having owned slaves himself. After leaving military service in 1779, Burr practiced law in New York City, where he became a leading politician and helped form the new Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party.
After studying theology at Princeton, he began his career as a lawyer before joining the Continental Army as an officer in the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Burr's legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that culminated with Burr killing Hamilton in a duel in 1804, while Burr was vice president.īurr was born to a prominent family in New Jersey. (Febru– September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805.
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