Aaron Burr, born February 6, 1756, was a soldier, attorney, and Vice President of the United States. Often seen as a villain of early American history, historians have revisited his legacy in the last twenty years.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.