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Aaron Burr (1756)close

Born in 1756 in Newark, New Jersey, Aaron Burr became Vice-President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson (1801-1805). Unfortunately, he is better known for having killed Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel in 1804.

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