President Thomas Jefferson receives a subpoena to testify in the treason trial of his former vice president, Aaron Burr, on June 13, 1807. In the subpoena, Burr asked Jefferson to produce documents that might exonerate him.
Burr had already been politically and socially disgraced by killing former Treasury secretary and Revolutionary-era hero Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. After killing Hamilton, Burr, still Jefferson’s vice president, went into hiding. Burr then concocted a seditious plan to enlist the help of Britain and Spain to create a separate nation in the southwestern reaches of the American continent, including parts of Mexico, over which Burr would rule. The outrageous plan failed miserably when one of Burr’s co-conspirators, General James Wilkinson, betrayed Burr and alerted Jefferson to the plot. Burr was hunted down and arrested in 1806 and indicted for treason.
Jefferson expressed in his personal papers that he felt no love or loyalty to Burr despite their former political relationship. Burr had run a close and contentious election against the republican Jefferson in the 1800 campaign. After the election resulted in a tie, the vote went to the House of Representatives. Only after Alexander Hamilton reluctantly lobbied for Jefferson did the House select Jefferson for the presidency instead of Burr. This was only one of the many grievances Burr held against Hamilton that led to the fatal duel.
Jefferson refused to appear in Burr’s defense and released only a few of the documents Burr had requested, invoking his presidential right to protect the public interest. If Jefferson’s intent was to help get Burr convicted, his refusal to supply documentation backfired. In the end, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall found Burr not guilty by lack of evidence.
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Both those pieces of human garbage had it coming. I am sure the only losers were those who had to put up with the survivors of the duel. A couple of wannabe oligarchs. That was what the dispute was over. Who had the right to the spoils from fucking over America.
But the TV told me everything is the fault of the people who voted the wrong way. And also whites.
General James Wilkinson has been documented to be a paid agent of the Spanish government.
Actually, the Democratic-Republican ticket was Jefferson for President and Burr for Vice President. However, there were not distinct votes for President and Vice President; each elector cast two votes. Top vote getter becomes President, second highest is Vice President. So in 1796, Adams was President, Jefferson (his opponent) was Vice President. But Jefferson and Burr got the same number of votes, so the House had to decide who was President.
John Marshall, a Virginian who was a rabid political opponent of Jefferson, another Virginian, found Burr not guilty.