# Aaron Burr
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aaron burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he is primarily remembered for the killing of Alexander Hamilton in a duel, as well as his alleged conspiracy to take parts of the United States or the Spanish Empire to form an independent country.
Old Man Burr
Jefferson's first-term Vice President had an incredible and tragic journey. From the height of people-based 18th century politics, Aaron Burr was blamed by many for a duel that killed his rival Hamilton. He was also largely shunned by his own party in politics, and tried for treason by his country …
SATT 032.1 - William Wirt Part One
Tenure of Office: November 13, 1817 - March 4, 1829
After a childhood marred by tragedy and drunken nights of Shakespearean recitations in a state of undress as a young adult, William Wirt went on to become one of the most well respected lawyers of the Early Republic, serving as legal counsel in s…
VPOTUS 003.1 - Aaron Burr Part One
Tenure of Office: March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1805
For the first Vice President whose life we are covering from start to end, Aaron Burr brings quite the tale to tell. From personal tragedy early in life to a meteoric rise in politics, from distinguished instances of military service to a romantic rel…
The Burr Conspiracy and Axis Sally: Ohio v. Treason
Treason has been a popular topic in 2021 and Alex looks at two of the most infamous treason trials in American History w/Ohio connections: the Aaron Burr Conspiracy and the trial of Axis Sally. We sit down with one of our favorite historians, David O. Stewart, to discuss the long forgotten Burr Con…
What Happened To Theodosia Burr?
On December 31, 1812, 29-year-old Theodosia Burr Alston boarded the schooner Patriot in Georgetown, South Carolina, to visit her father, former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr, in New York. Still grieving the recent death of her young son, she was heading toward a long-awaited reunion. The voyage sh…
Dr. John Ferling on Jefferson, Hamilton, & Federalism
This week, on The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy of the Center for Strong Public Schools and Prof. Albert Cheng of The Ohio State University speak with Dr. John Ferling, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of West Georgia. Prof. Ferling explains how Jefferson and Hamilton’s shar…
Episode 328 - Burr's Conspiracy
Three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton in a duel, former US vice president Aaron Burr was arrested for treason. President Jefferson suspected him of planning to take some US territories in the west, using boats he was building in Marietta, Ohio, and launching from Blennerhassett Island in th…
You Are There: The Burr - Hamilton Duel (1948)
Vice President Aaron Burr is rowed across the Hudson River to the dueling grounds on the Weehawken heights in New Jersey on the morning of July 11, 1804. Reporters hidden in the rocks nearby watch him and his seconds prepare the ground. Burr's longtime political rival, Alexander Hamilton, arrives b…
How Did a Lame-Duck Congress Try to Resist Thomas Jefferson? - The Constitutional Crisis of the 1800 Presidential Election | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the winter of 1800 and 1801, the United States government nearly came apart over a tied presidential election that the Constitution had not anticipated. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each r…
Remanded Over A Fake Edit, Massie's Record, And The Filibuster Myth
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So... Donald Trump just won a huge court victory against fake news BBC, peasants, and in a certain way it's a victory for me too. The BBC took two parts of his January 6th speech (27 minutes apart) and merged them together like one continuous speech so it sounded like he called for…
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