Biography of aaron burr
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Portrait of Aaron Burr
John Vanderlyn,
Aaron Burr was born in in Newark, New Jersey. He was the son of Aaron Burr, Sr. — the second president of Princeton, and was the grandson of Jonathan Edwards. He graduated at 16 from the College of New Jersey as a student of theology, but later switched his career track to study law.
Burr began his military service as a volunteer around , and served during Benedict Arnold's "March to Quebec" [September 13 — November 9, ]. He is credited with trying to evacuate the body of General Richard Montgomery after he was killed in action during the invasion. Burr joined the staff of George Washington in and was called to New York City. He and General Washington apparently did not get along and he left a few weeks later. On June 22 he became an aide-de-camp to General Israel Putnam, eventually seeing action in the Battle of Long Island and the evacuation of New York City. He was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of Malcolm
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Aaron Burr
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Who Was Aaron Burr?
Aaron Burr was elected to the U.S. Senate in In , he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency, and became vice president instead. During a duel in , Burr killed Alexander Hamilton. In , he was charged with conspiracy, which ruinerad his political career. In , he rebuilt his law practice.
Early Life
Aaron Burr was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 6, , to a long line of English gentry who had been active in politics. Burr's father was a Presbyterian minister and the president of the College of New Jersey. After the loss of both of his parents, Burr and his sister went to live with their wealthy maternal uncle.
In , at the age of 13, Burr enrolled at the College of New Jersey, graduating summa cum laude in only three years.
Military and Law
After graduating from the College of New Jersey, Burr began attending Litchfield lag School in Connecticut. His studies were soon put on hold, however, with the början of the Revolutionary War.
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As the autumn elections approached, Burr campaigned throughout the northern states. “Burr has been out electioneering these six weeks,” Beckley notified James Madison, “ but I doubt his efforts are more directed to himself than any body else. You well know him; would it not be prudent to vote one half of Virga. for Clinton?”[9] Beckley may have been concerned that Burr would earn more votes than Jefferson. Whether Virginia electors shared that concern, or had separate reservations, twenty Virginia electors cast one of their two votes for Jefferson, but only one elector voted for Burr. “The party with which [Burr] has generally acted ,” concluded Massachusetts Representative Theodore Sedgwick, “covet the aid of his character & talents, [but] have not the smallest confidence in his hearty union to their cause. they dread his independence of them.”[10] In the final tally, John Adams was elected president and, with