1756-1836. US politician. He was on George
Washington's staff during the American
Revolution but was critical of the general
and was distrusted in turn. He tied with
Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election
of 1800, but Alexander Hamilton, Burr's
longtime adversary, influenced the House of
Representatives to vote Jefferson in, Burr
becoming vice president. Burr briefly faced
murder charges after killing Hamilton in a
duel in 1804. He had to leave the USA for
some years following the `Burr conspiracy',
which implicated him variously in a scheme to
conquer Mexico, or part of Florida, or to
rule over a seceded Louisiana.