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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.
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Merritt Dudgeon on 04 Mar 14Why is the duel with Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr related to Andrew Jackson?
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When the duel was over, Hamilton would be mortally wounded, and Burr would be wanted for murder.
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The first major skirmish was in 1791, when Burr successfully captured a United States Senate seat from Philip Schuyler, Hamilton's powerful father-in-law. Hamilton, then Treasury secretary, would have counted on Schuyler to support his policies.