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 ...

The duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr is perhaps the most famous duel in United States history. Up until the premiere of the hit Broadway musical, it was the only thing many people ...

Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history ...

Getty Images (left, bottom right) On July, 11, 1804, fierce political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr settled their differences with a duel in Weehawken, NJ, that left Hamilton mortally ...

Three years later, Alexander Hamilton’s children suffered a new loss when Alexander died in a duel with Aaron Burr. Alexander also dueled in Weehawken, and even used the same set of pistols as ...

Today is the 215th anniversary of the famous Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel. "Everyone today says there has never been a more divisive time in American politics," said Leonard A.