He was loathed and feared by two presidents. His inflexibility fractured a party. His personal indiscretions dashed his hopes of leading the nation. But before he died a notorious death — in a duel ...
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 was ...