What Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis Tell Us About the Trump Indictments America has never prosecuted a former head of state. But Trump’s indictments aren’t as unprecedented as you might think.

In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson, left, and Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes, but public opinion sided with Jefferson. The Granger Collection, New York—2 ...

BURR'S "PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS" REGARDING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST WITH JEFFERSON. Share full ... Sept. 21.--A bundle of letters from Aaron Burr to Peter Van Gaasbeek, of Kingston, were found ...

Portrait of Aaron Burr, an American politician and lawyer who was the third vice president of the United States, serving during Thomas Jefferson's first term (1801-1805). (iStock) By Ronald G. Shafer ...

In 1800, it was Aaron Burr. Burr was the dark star of his generation, itself a cauldron of testy emotions and rivalries. ... Burr and Jefferson ended with 73 ballots apiece.

Jefferson finally did something about that pesky Burr. In November 1806, he issued a proclamation against the western insurgents, calling on state militias to help control the West.

Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July ...

Jefferson finally did something about that pesky Burr. In November 1806, he issued a proclamation against the western insurgents, calling on state militias to help control the West.

Thirteen years later, an electoral college tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr led to the Twelfth Amendment. On election night, the key number is 270 electoral votes to win.

June 11, 2022 marks 218 years since the duel between US vice president Aaron Burr and former Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton, the most famous duel in American history that saw Hamilton killed.

Aaron Burr was not a former president, though he came close, and Jefferson Davis was only kind of a former president. But their cases are instructive, nevertheless.