On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel ...

A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the ...

Aaron Burr's ambition led him from political prominence to infamy. Fueled by hubris, he dueled Hamilton and plotted treason, showcasing the perils of unchecked pride. Untold is a free collection ...

American presidential politics has been punctuated by violence from its early days, from the infamous duel between then-Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton ...

The first duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, who favored strong central authority, was not fought with pistols but with banknotes. Burr in 1799 founded the Bank of the Manhattan Co ...

Thirteen years later, an electoral college tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr led to the Twelfth Amendment. On election night, the key number is 270 electoral votes to win. In the rare ...

The blockbuster musical is searching for its next Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and George Washington. Those interested can submit their auditions here by October 15. The casting call reveals ...

Born into a prominent New Jersey family in 1756, Aaron Burr graduated from the College of New Jersey — which later became Princeton — at age 17. Burr joined the Continental Army in 1775 and ...

The oil painting is believed to be a portrait of U.S. Founding Father Aaron Burr and his wife Theodosia Bartow Prevost Burr—a brilliant woman who advised her husband throughout this career and ...

A three-inch piece of wooden pipe is a reminder that five years before their fatal duel, Aaron Burr conned Alexander Hamilton into supporting a company that was a front for a bank. Gerard Koeppel ...