Burr-Hamilton duel

1. A duel fought in 1804 between Aaron Burr, vice president of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, former secretary of the treasury. The two had been bitter political opponents for years. Burr shot and killed Hamilton.

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Though the practice of dueling survived in the South, and in its more democratic blaze-away version on the frontier of the West, the stigma associated with the Burr-Hamilton duel put the code duello on the defensive as a national institution.

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Nevertheless, the Burr-Hamilton duel helped turn the tide against the practice of dueling by providing a focal point for its critics and serving as a dramatic object lesson of its self-destructive character.

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One of the reasons the Burr-Hamilton duel became legendary as the most famous duel in American history is its cautionary role as the most memorable example of how not to do it.

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The Burr-Hamilton duel represented the singular exception to this rule.

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Burr-Hamilton duel: On the morning of July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr and former treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton met at a dueling ground in Weehawken, N.J., near Bed Bath & Beyond.

From Washington Post