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AARON BURR
Although Aaron Burr, b. ... The son of a president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the grandson of another (Jonathan Edwards), Burr could trace his ancestry back to the earliest Puritans. ... They moved to New York City, where Burr built a reputation as an excellent attorney and made important political connections. ... Political Career In 1789 Burr was appointed attorney general of New York by Gov. ... Two years later the state assembly, which was controlled by partisans of Clinton and Robert Livingston, elected Burr to the U. ... But in and out of Congress, Burr managed to maneuver so skillfully, and with so much personal charm, that he won the support of many Federalists as well as Democratic Republicans. In 1796 and 1800, Burr ran for vice-president with Thomas Jefferson on the Democratic-Republican ticket. Whatever doubts Virginia Republicans had about Burr--they had not voted for him in 1796--were put to rest when he carried New York City for his party in 1800. It was assumed that the outcome of the national election would follow that in New York, but under the confused electoral system then in use Jefferson and Burr received an equal number of electoral votes for the presidency (73 each), throwing the election into the House of Representatives.
Approximate Word count = 982
Approximate Pages = 3.9
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