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{{President
|image=Aaron burr.jpg
|office=vice
|seq=3
|term_start=March 4, 1801
|term_end=March 4, 1805
|party=Democratic-Republican
|pres=Thomas Jefferson
|pres_dates=
|previous=Thomas Jefferson
|next=George Clinton
|birth_date=February 6, 1756
|birth_place=Newark, New Jersey
|death_date=September 14, 1836
|death_place=Staten Island, New York
|spouse=Theodosia Bartow Prevost
|spouse2=Eliza Bowen Jemel
|religion=
}}
'''Aaron Burr''' (1756 - 1836) was born in Neubik, New Jersey to Reverend Aaron Burr Sr. who was a Presbyterian minister and the second President of the College of New Jersey which is now [[Princeton University]]. His mother, Esther Edwards, was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edwards]], the famous Calvinist theologian. Aaron and his sister, Sally, were left orphans when Aaron was 2 years old and Sally was 4 years old, following the deaths of their parents and both maternal grandparents who died of Yellow Fever. Aaron did not respond well to his austere uncle, Timothy Edwards, several times running away from home and attempting to go to sea. Aaron applied for admission into Princeton University at age 11, but was rejected (PBS online). He applied again and entered the Sophomore class at Princeton at the age of 13 and graduated with distinction at 16 in 1772. He received BA in theology but changed his career path two years later and began study of law in the celebrated law school conducted by his brother-in-law, Tapping Reeve, at Litchfield, Conn. Aaron's studies were put on hold while he served during [[Revolutionary War]], under Gens. [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and Israel Putnam.
'''Aaron Burr''' (1756 - 1836) was born in Neubik, New Jersey to Reverend Aaron Burr Sr. who was a Presbyterian minister and the second President of the College of New Jersey which is now [[Princeton University]]. His mother, Esther Edwards, was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edwards]], the famous Calvinist theologian. Aaron and his sister, Sally, were left orphans when Aaron was 2 years old and Sally was 4 years old, following the deaths of their parents and both maternal grandparents who died of Yellow Fever. Aaron did not respond well to his austere uncle, Timothy Edwards, several times running away from home and attempting to go to sea. Aaron applied for admission into Princeton University at age 11, but was rejected (PBS online). He applied again and entered the Sophomore class at Princeton at the age of 13 and graduated with distinction at 16 in 1772. He received BA in theology but changed his career path two years later and began study of law in the celebrated law school conducted by his brother-in-law, Tapping Reeve, at Litchfield, Conn. Aaron's studies were put on hold while he served during [[Revolutionary War]], under Gens. [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and Israel Putnam.