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441px-Vanderlyn Burr

Summary[]

Crazy vice president during Thomas Jefferson's presidency.

Exact Definition[]

Crazy vice president during Thomas Jefferson's presidency that later shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel. He was indicted for murder but dismissed, he later formed a devious plan to secede part of the US and form his own monarchy (lol) but it failed and he was arrested and put on trial for treason where he was acquitted (Because Thomas Jefferson refused to follow Marshall), but was exiled.

Importance[]

Important because he showed just how crazy some people were at that time. (To be honest, I really don't see what's important about him other then that we mock him, I geuss his conspiracy showed how some people were power hungry and how he tried to conspire with the Northern Confederacy.)

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