Aaron Burr

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Vice President of the United States human lawyer politician

Aaron Burr was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States and is infamously known for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

Aliases (2)

Aaron Burr Sr. ×2
Aaron Burr Jr. ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vice President of the United States → human → lawyer → politician →
burialPlace	Princeton Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Theodosia Burr Alston →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1756-02-06 →
dateOfDeath	1836-09-14 →
dateOfEvent	1804-07-11 →
describedBySource	United States history →
educatedAt	College of New Jersey → Princeton University →
endTime	1805-03-04 →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Burr →
father	Aaron Burr Sr. →
givenName	Aaron →
grandfather	Jonathan Edwards →
killed	Alexander Hamilton →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic-Republican Party →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
mother	Esther Edwards Burr →
notableEvent	1800 United States presidential election → Burr–Hamilton duel → treason trial of Aaron Burr →
notableFor	killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel → serving as the third vice president of the United States →
notableWork	role in the Burr–Hamilton duel →
occupation	lawyer → military officer → politician →
officeContested	President of the United States →
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey →
placeOfDeath	Staten Island, New York →
placeOfEvent	Weehawken, New Jersey →
positionHeld	Member of the New York State Assembly → New York State Attorney General → United States Senator from New York → Vice President of the United States →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Eliza Jumel → Theodosia Bartow Prevost →
startTime	1801-03-04 →
vicePresidentOf	United States of America →
vicePresidentUnder	Thomas Jefferson →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sarah Pierpont Edwards → Sarah Pierpont Edwards ("Aaron Burr Sr.") →	notableRelative
John Witherspoon → Tapping Reeve →	notableStudent
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → Thomas Jefferson →	vicePresident
Princeton Cemetery ("Aaron Burr Jr.") →	containsGraveOf
Luther Martin →	defended
Aaron Burr ("Aaron Burr Sr.") →	father
Hamilton →	featuresCharacter
The Manhattan Company →	foundedBy
Litchfield Law School →	hasStudent
Tapping Reeve →	relative