Aaron Burr 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
9/26/2022
Aaron Burr: The Highest Ranking US Official to be Charged with Treason – So Far?
For most people, attempting to hijack a presidential election and killing the first Treasury Secretary in a duel would be capstones to a career of infamy. Not Aaron Burr.
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SOURCE: Creators.com
1/29/20
History Has Its Eyes on You, Senate, and if You Don't Know, Now You Know
by Jamie Stiehm
Aaron Burr famously foresaw it all, in the room where it happens one winter day in 2020: the Senate chamber.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
August 27, 2019
155 Years After His Death, Abolitionist John Pierre Burr’s Epitaph Updated to Include His Father, Aaron Burr
Two of the most famous figures in American history share more than space in a history textbook.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
8/24/19
Aaron Burr — villain of ‘Hamilton’ — had a secret family of color, new research shows
The article features the research of Sherri Burr and quotations from Annette Gordon-Reed.
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10/28/18
What Happened When Aaron Burr, Late in Life, Encountered this Statue of Alexander Hamilton
by Donald Yacovone
When memory and history meet, sometimes irony is the result.
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SOURCE: National Constitution Center
7-12-17
Can a Vice President be charged with a crime while in office?
Aaron Burr was. But presidents can't be.
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11-6-16
Hillary Clinton’s Email Problems Are Not as Bad as When Vice President Aaron Burr Was Indicted for Murder
by Laurence Jurdem
She can take comfort in the fact that while many view her situation as dire, Aaron Burr’s was far worse.
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6-19-16
Is Donald Trump the New Aaron Burr?
by Donald J. Fraser
Like Trump, Burr was despised by his peers.
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Why Burr's Treason Trial Is Relevant Today
by Peter Charles Hoffer
In the next year, the public opinion will have occasion to revisit President George W. Bush’s attempts to ferret out and punish suspected terrorist
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