OVERVIEW:
BORN:
February 6, 1756
Newark, New Jersey
DIED:
September 14, 1836 (age 80)
Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1775-1779:
Served in Continental Army during Revolutionary War
1782:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Albany, New York
1783:
Moved to New York City
1784-1785:
Member, New York State Assembly
1784-1785:
Member of the New York State Assembly
1789-1790:
Attorney General of New York
1791:
Commissioner or Revolutionary Claims
1791-1797:
U.S. Senator from New York
1798-1799:
Member, New York State Assembly
1801:
President of the New York State Constitutional Convention
1800:
Tied with Thomas Jefferson in President Election,
Election was decided in the House,
July 11, 1804:
Mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton during a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey
1804:
Indicted for murder in New York and New Jersey but was never tried
1801-1805:
Vice President of the United States
August 1807:
Arrested and tried for treason for attempting to form republic in the Southwest,
Eventually Acquitted
1808:
Went Abroad
1812:
Returned to New York City and resumed practicing law
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Senate Historical Office
Monticello
Wikipedia
The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr (UMKC)
MEMOIRS OF AARON BURR:
Volume 1
Volume 2
Complete
PORTRAIT: