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> Wasn't an American President killed in a pistol duel not 130 years ago or so? You're probably thinking of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who died of
by markdog12 5y ago
> Wasn't an American President killed in a pistol duel not 130 years ago or so?
You're probably thinking of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who died of his wounds from a duel with Vice-President Aaron Burr. It was 1804.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr–Hamilton_duel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr–Hamilton_duel
I believe Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel before he became President: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-kills-charles-dickinson-in-duel https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-k...