- **Born:** February 6, 1756 in Newark, [[New Jersey]] - **Parents:** Aaron Burr Sr. (Presbyterian minister and president of Princeton College) and Esther Edwards Burr (daughter of theologian Jonathan Edwards) - **Spouse:** Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr - **Children:** Theodosia Burr Alston (daughter) - **Died:** September 14, 1836 in Staten Island, [[New York]] - **Highest Office:** 3rd Vice President of the [[United States of America (USA)]] (1801-1805) - **Other Notable Positions:** U.S. Senator from New York, New York State Attorney General, member of New York State Assembly, Continental Army officer during Revolutionary War - **Party Affiliation:** Democratic-Republican Party - **Historical Note:** Best known for killing [[Alexander Hamilton]] in a duel in 1804 and later being tried for treason for allegedly plotting to create an independent nation in the West. His political career was destroyed by the Hamilton duel, and he spent his later years in exile and obscurity.