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Burr AHD[bûr] Aaron (1756-1836) D.J.[bɜː]K.K.[bɝ]NONE(无词性)- American politician who became Vice President of the United States (1801-1805) under Thomas Jefferson after a deadlock in the electoral college was broken by the House of Representatives. On July 11, 1804, Burr mortally wounded his rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and later fled south where he was involved in a mysterious conspiracy to establish an independent nation in Mexico and the Southwest. Tried for treason, he was acquitted for lack of evidence.伯尔,艾伦:(1756-1836) 美国政治家。在选举团形成的僵局被众议院击垮之后做了托马斯·杰斐逊的副手而成为美国副总统(1801-1805年)。1804年7月11日,伯尔在一次决斗中使对手亚历山大·汉密尔顿受到致命创伤,后来他逃到南部,在那里卷入了一个要在墨西哥和西南地区建立独立政府的秘密阴谋集团。他因叛国罪而受审,由于证据不足而无罪释放
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