![]() ![]() On July 11, 1804, Hamilton and Burr met for a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. ![]() When Hamilton characteristically refused to back down, Burr challenged him to a duel. He wrote to Hamilton confronting him about the slight. After he lost, largely due to the opposition of powerful party rivals, the frustrated Burr fixated on a newspaper article, published during the gubernatorial campaign, which claimed that Hamilton had insulted him at a private dinner. Largely sidelined in his role as vice president by Thomas Jefferson, Burr decided to run for governor of New York in 1804. Hamilton, in 1804, was killed by Aaron Burr, a longtime political foe, in a duel. Treasury, Hamilton built a financial foundation for the new nation against opposition Thomas Jefferson. He was an impassioned champion of a strong federal government, and played a key role in ratifying the U.S. Alexander Hamilton, born into obscurity in the West Indies, made his reputation during the Revolutionary War and became one of America’s most influential Founding FaThers. ![]()
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