#Burr-Hamilton Duel

[deadpresidents]

On July 11, 1804 (exactly 220 years ago today), Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.

While the Burr-Hamilton Duel is obviously one of the most famous incidents in American history, it's important to take a moment and realize just how insane this event actually was. Burr -- the incumbent Vice President of the United States -- shot and killed Hamilton -- a fellow Founding Father, former Treasury Secretary, and architect of the American financial system. The Vice President of the United States was charged with murder in New Jersey and his home state of New York and avoided being arrested and put on trial because he went back to Washington, D.C. so that he could perform his Constitutionally-prescribed duty to preside over the U.S. Senate for the remainder of his term. While Vice President Burr was under indictment for MURDER, he calmly and efficiently presided over the only impeachment trial of a Supreme Court Justice in American history! Don't let anyone ever convince you that American politics hasn't always been batshit crazy.

[screechingsandwichhologram]

bisexual on bisexual violence

[gartenoutofcontext]

Good ending of the duel between the fool and the orphan.

This might be a good story idea 👀

[jennicatzies]

— but I won't apologize for doing what's right!

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Closeup crop for the funny 🙏

thinking about Your Obedient Servant too much I NEEDED to draw something somewhat related. Idk I'm just a big fan of the passive aggressive waltzy tune in the chorus. And so I shall draw Ham and Burr dancing. Naturally

Do I know how hair greying works. Do I look. No I don't. Fuck it we Ball

[steph-anie723]

MY GLORIOUS KING AARON BURR WOULD’VE NEVER MISSED 😒

[notemily]

wasting your bullet, or "deloping," during a duel was a well-known way of satisfying the terms of the duel without actually killing anyone. one might call it "throwing away your shot," which fits the themes of the musical perfectly.

in the historical duel, Hamilton's bullet hit a tree branch, so it's possible he was aiming upwards, if not quite at the sky. but we don't know who shot first, and if it was Burr, it's possible Hamilton was aiming at Burr but being shot in the stomach caused his shot to go wide.

it is known, however, that when Hamilton's son Philip had his own duel three years earlier (which also killed him), Hamilton advised him to throw away his shot. he was definitely aware of the practice and it's very possible he meant to use it himself.

Naur the duel is real it really happened. Hamilton actually died from the duel

Now I doubt he shot at the sky but who knows

i see. still not woobifying historical figures but good for him or sorry that happened

[problematic-president]

His blood is on your hands (11/7/1804)

[valend]

almost forgot to post this

[doriansredroses]

Hamilton: Hit me baby one more time!

Burr: *shoots him*

[ev4ikcasswife]

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Tbh, there supposed to be a really cool quote here, but I forgot it. Other version's undercut.

[hamilton---admin]

hamilton things i can't stop thinking about pt. 1

"Wait For It'", sung by Aaron Burr, is about being willing to wait for opportunities and not rushing into action.

His character is portrayed as being chronically cautious, because he has a reputation to uphold, unlike Hamilton.

But.

The one time Burr acts impulsively is when he shoots Hamilton, and right before the bullet hits he yells "WAIT!"

Burr regrets shooting Hamilton. Both of them have ignored their core song lyrics that they repeat over and over again.

Hamilton threw away his shot.

And Burr did not wait for it.

Let that sink in.

[deadpresidents]

Aaron Burr has a bad reputation. Do you think his reputation would be better or worse had Hamilton won the duel?

Burr wasn't exactly the Founding Fathers' Employee of the Month even before the duel, but it does seem likely that his reputation would have been better if Hamilton had killed him instead. But part of that reason is because Burr would have been out of the picture after 1804. If that were the case, history wouldn't remember him presiding over the U.S. Senate as the incumbent Vice President despite being indicted for murder and later being arrested and charged with treason. Those two issues alone obviously did some damage to Burr's reputation while he was still alive. Even though Burr was never put on trial for the murder indictments in New Jersey and New York and acquitted in his treason trial, it's hard to repair your reputation from those types of charges.

[icarusbetide]

duel day.

[captain-jaggerys-best-hater]

just rewatched hamilton and why does charles get so close to burr during ten duel commandments? why'd he need to get that close? was it necessary? burr seems unbothered by it but why? is this the norm? does charles just get super close to everybody all the time? is that a habit of his?

[eliounora]

I think the best thing to come out of the hamilton craze was not the musical itself but the drunk history episode where alia shawkat and aubrey plaza played hamilton and burr. the gender envy

[jadelemonadee]

the world was wide enough for both hamilton and me (reference under the cut)

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