Aaron Burr
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Congress, Senate, Senators, House of Representatives, Politicians, Diplomats, Trials, Judges, Lawyers
- Curriculum: American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American History 1816-1855, American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: Burr developed the political organization which assured the presidential victory of Thomas Jefferson and was the force behind the liberalization of New York’s penal codes and political process.
Early Life
Aaron Burr was born February 6, 1756, in Newark, New Jersey. His mother, Esther Edwards Burr, was the daughter of the Reverend Mr. Jonathan and Sarah Edwards; his father, the Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr, was pastor of the Newark Presbyterian Congregation and president of the College of New Jersey, which, within the year, moved to...
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