6.4Kviews What was the Burr Conspiracy? Aaron Burr finished part of his time in office as vice president under Thomas Jefferson, even after killing Alexander Hamilton but left in 1805. His political career was on the outs, and he no longer seemed to have the support of the East. Burr tho...
Aaron Burr. The more ideologically principled Hamilton grew the more he deeply distrusted Burr, who he saw as an opportunist who would shift his political beliefs and allegiances to advance his career. As Sedgwick says, “There is such a thing as Hamiltonianism, there’s Jeffersonianism. There...
There is no circumstance which has occurred in the course of our political affairs that has given me so much pain as the idea that Mr. Burr might be elevated to the Presidency by the means of the Fderalists. I am of opinion that this party has hitherto solid claims of merit with the...
Burr had to know that he was playing a dangerous game and risking political suicide by challenging Jefferson, his party’s reigning power. The safest course would have been to acquiesce to the vice presidency. He was yet a young man, and given Jefferson’s penchant for retiring to Monticello...
An Examination of the Various Charges Exhibited against Aaron Burr, Esq., Vice-President of the United States ; and a Development of the Characters and Views of His Political OpponentsVan, William Ness PeterBurr, Aaron
In this troubled time, the end of President Jefferson's first term, Aaron Burr stepped down from the Vice Presidency21, and began preparations for a military expedition that was either—— depending upon whose views one solicited——treasonous or patriotic22. At its core, however, the Burr Co...
In this troubled time, the end of President Jefferson's first term, Aaron Burr stepped down from the Vice Presidency21, and began preparations for a military expedition that was either-- depending upon whose views one solicited--treasonous or patriotic22. At its core, however, the Burr Conspi...
In this troubled time, the end of President Jefferson's first term, Aaron Burr stepped down from the VicePresidency21, and began preparations for a military expedition that was either-- depending upon whose views one solicited--treasonous orpatriotic22. At its core, however, the Burr Conspiracy...