Burr-Hamilton duel: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	July 11, 1804
Location	New Jersey • United States • Weehawken
Context	United States presidential election of 1800

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Burr-Hamilton duel

Oil portrait by John Trumbull of Alexander Hamilton, shown from the waist up in a tan coat and white cravat, gazing to his left against a dark background.

U.S. Vice Pres. Aaron Burr

Bronze statues of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr with dueling pistols face each other in a grand hall at the Museum of American Finance in Manhattan.

Face-off: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

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Key People

Oil portrait by John Trumbull of Alexander Hamilton, shown from the waist up in a tan coat and white cravat, gazing to his left against a dark background.

Alexander Hamilton

American statesman

Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr

vice president of United States