Burr

Aaron, an American statesman, and third Vice-President of the United States, born in Newark, N. J., Feb. 5, 1756. While in his 20th year he joined, in 1775, the American army, undet Washington, at Cambridge. His ardor in behalf of the Revolutionary cause was such that he was induced to join Arnold as a volunteer in the expedition against Quebec, and he was appointed aide-de-camp to Montgomery. In 1776, he was received by General Washington as one of his military family, but was soon cast off. He never forgave Washington this act. Burr’s military talents secured for him the post of Lieutenant-Colonel_in 1777, which he retained until 1779. Upon Burr’s retirement from military life he resumed the study of law, and commenced its practice in sey in 1782, but’soon removed to New York. In 1789 he was made attorney-general of New York. From 1791 to 1797 he was a member of the United States Senate. In 1800 he was a candidate for the Presidency, and received the same number of votes as Thomas Jefferson (79), and the choice was thus left to the decision of Congre , which, on the 36th ballot, elected Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice-President. In 1804 was fought the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Burr, in which the former was killed. In 1807 he was apprehended, taken to Richmond, Va., and tried on a charge of a treasonable design upon the southwest, but was acquitted. He resumed the practice of law, but lived in comparative obscurity until his death on Staten Island, Sept. 14, 1836. In his later. life he was for a time husband of the noted Madame Jumel.