On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling ... It was the New York governor's race of 1804, however, that pushed the two men to violence. In that election, Burr turned ...

Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11 ... helping Republicans Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr to win the race for presidency. But since the two men tied in electoral votes, it was up to ...

Thomas Jefferson (seated left), Alexander Hamilton (standing ... defeated Hamilton’s father-in-law Philip Schuyler in a race for the New York Senate. Unexpectedly, Hamilton wrote a series ...