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Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and that I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr. A few months later, at two o clock in the afternoon, July 12, 1804 Hamilton died in the infamous duel between him and Aaron Burr at Weekawken. It was said after the duel that Burr and Van Ness insisted that Hamilton fired first at his opponent. Pendleton disagreed. He contended that Hamilton s pistol discharged accidentally, probably as a result of an involuntary exertion of the muscles when Burr s bullet struck him. There on that day, not his best day, Aaron Burr s name truly went down in the books as the victor of one of the all-time greatest duels.

Nearing the end of his struggle to arise politically Burr received word that his allie Thomas Jefferson was to be inaugurated as President of the United States on February 14. As soon as Burr received word of the inauguration day he left the town almost at once. Upset about the news he headed back to New York to meet the Secretary of State and with her and her husband made an appearance among some three hundred persons into the chamber of the Senate to witness the first presidential inauguration in the capitol. Soon thereafter Aaron Burr began his vice-presidential title under Thomas Jefferson. Still not thrilled about his position as vice-president he would undergo more Burr bashing and disagreements. Burr would continue to except Aaron Burr. His opinion was always the odd one out. Then the Federalist began their opinionating on Aaron Burr. One Federalist wrote, the Vice President was completely an insulted man in Washington; wholly without personal influence. Never did Burr gain the respect he wanted. All throughout his political career he was never taken serious, as he wanted. The only respect he gained was as a ladies man with his slender body, piercing-eyes, and elegant essence. Local tradition holds that mothers sometimes called him to the attention of their children.

Aaron Burr sadly passed on in 1836 in a small hotel on Staten Island, New York. John Quincy Adams wrote that Burr s Life, take it all together, was such as in any country of sound morals his friends would be desirous of burying in profound oblivion.



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