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AARON BURR
1756-1836
3rd Vice President (1801-1809)
Education: College of New Jersey (Princeton)
Occupation: lawyer
Political Affiliation: Republican
Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian
Summary of Religious Views:
Burr's father was a minister, and, although his father died when he was 3, Burr was raised in a strict religious environment. After graduating from college, Burr studied briefly for the ministry, before choosing the law as his profession.
A minister was present during Burr's last days, but Burr, who was alert, lucid, and able to communicate until the very end, though he was hospitable to the clergyman, did not request, and was not given, the holy sacrament.
Views on Religion & Politics:
Quotations:
"On that subject I am coy." -- answer to Rev. Dr. P. J. Van Pelt, when asked if he expected salvation
References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links
Books
Works by Aaron Burr
ed. by Mary-Jo Kline and Joanne W. Ryan, Political Correspondence and Papers of Aaron Burr, 2 vols., Princeton Univ. Press, 1982-83
Biographies
Thomas P. Abernathy, The Burr Conspiracy, Oxford Univ. Press, 1954
J. Cohalan, Saga of Aaron Burr, Exposition Press, 1986
Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, Penguin Books, 2008
Matthew L. Davis, Memoirs of Aaron Burr, 2 vols., 1836-1837 [Vol. 1][Vol. 2]
Buckner F. Melton, Jr., Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason, Wiley, 2001
Milton Lomask, Aaron Burr, 2 vol., Farrar, Straus, 1979-82
Herbert S. Parmet and Marie Hecht, Aaron Burr: Portrait of an Ambitious Man, Macmillan Press, 1967
Nathan Schachner, Aaron Burr: A Biography, A.S. Barnes, 1937
Articles
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