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Aaron Burr Jr
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Personal life of Aaron Burr Jr.
Aaron Burr Jr was born on 6 February 1756 in Newark, New Jersey to Presbyterian minister and Rev Aaron Burr and Esther Burr.
After the passing of his parents and later grandmother was almost two years; he lived uncle, Timothy Edwards.
He enrolled at College of New Jersey in the year 1769 when he was only 13 and graduated in 1772 with a distinction after which he joined Litchfield school of Law in Connecticut.
Personal life
After his graduation, he enrolled to Religion but later changed to the law but stopped his studies temporarily when Revolutionary war started in America and joined the war.
He was appointed to serve In New York as a major under George Washington(Melton 2004) in 1977. He retired from the military and returned to studying law in 1778.
Aaron was selected as the New York City Attorney General in 1789 and later got married to his first wife Theodosia Bartow in1782.Together, they had four children, but only one daughter lived to an adult.
Personal life
Burr Jr returned to new York City in 1783 after retiring from the military and became a city lawyer where he crashed with many lawyers in his practice including his rival Alexander Hamilton.
Aaron joined politics under Jeffersonian party (Dreyfuss 2004) under which he becomes the vice president. He served as Attorney General until 1791 when he was elected the United State Senator.
Political career
He lost his Senate seat in 1796 due to political uncertainties.
He then worked in the Legislature between 1797 and 1799 when he lost for reelection(Kennedy et.al 2000). He was selected for two terms to State Assembly in both 1784 and 1798.
After the 1800 presidential elections, he became the second vice president of U.S under Thomas Jefferson and served for an extra third term but then Thomas successfully weakened his loyalty to the Democrats.
Political career
His political career started to end as party loyalists started losing his loyalty. In 1804 Aaron lost the vice presidential seat to Jeffersonian (Steward 2011).
Burr planned a plot to create an independent nation in 1806 by invading and taking over Spanish territory, but Thomas Jefferson discovered the plan when Aaron had already started building support in Ohio Valley.
Aaron was later arrested a few miles from Spanish Florida fleeing to Mobile Alabama.
He was charged then with treason, but the charges later dropped after being found innocent.
Historical moment
He came back home in 1812 unhealthy and broke and later lost his daughter Theodosia in December 1812. Burr died in Staten Island 14 September 1836 after several repeated strokes paralyzed his body.
Burr went into a duel with Alexander Hamilton July 11th, 1804. Alexander was his professional rival and political enemy in the historic Duel at Weehawken New York(Melton et.al 2001).
The duel brought Hamilton to his death. When the news of killing Hamilton spread, Burr flew for safety and after that lost the remaining political support (Rogow 1998).
Conclusion
I have learned that Burr had illegitimate children and remarried again after his wife died something I did not know about his life.
I think the sources could have provided more on Aaron’s contribution to the life of America.
I figured he had written an inspirational book, but at the end of research, I realized that even his last farewell was not entirely recorded. He published Hamilton's book behind his back in 1800
Work cited
Dreyfuss, Richard. Duel: Hamilton Vs. Burr. New York: A & E Television Networks, 2004
Kennedy, Roger G. Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character. , 2000. Print.
Melton, Buckner F. Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason. New York: Wiley, 2001. Print
Melton, Buckner F. Aaron Burr: The Rise and Fall of an American Politician. New York: PowerPlus Books, 2004. Print.
Stewart, David O. American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print
Rogow, Arnold A. A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. Print.
