There has been much speculation as to who has murdered Thomas Jefferson On July 4, 1808 in the white house. The only clues found were a foreign coin, a map of the United States and surrounding territories, a torn piece of paper with “Jacobin” written on it, a Bible, a pass to Congress, copies of Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address and his Notes on the State of Virginia, part of a cartoon with “O Grab Me” written on it, a gavel, and a broken oar. The killer would have needed some sort of motive to commit such a crime. A hatred must have been brewed. This leads me to my first suspect, Aaron Burr. In 1800 Thomas Jefferson ran for president of the United States. He ran along with Aaron Burr as Republicans against John Adams and Charles Pinkney
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He had all the reasons for wanting Jefferson dead. They had become enemies during the presidential election when Burr tried to become the president after their vote originally resulted in a tie and remained on unfriendly terms during the rest of their time serving together. Then Jefferson had dropped Burr from his ticket when he ran for re-election, adding fuel to the fire. It was publically known that Burr was a man who had a violent nature having killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Some might say that Burr was made to look bad by a dirty political tactic but I disagree. He was believed to have been planning to overthrow the United States government by enlisting the help of Britain and Spain to create a separate nation in the southwestern region of the American continent which would have included parts of Mexico, which Burr would rule over. This plan had failed when General James Wilkinson who was actually helping Burr with this plan betrayed him and notified Jefferson of this outrages plan. Burr was hunted down and arrested for treason when Jefferson issued a warrant for his arrest, adding to Burrs motives to murder him. President Jefferson received a subpoena to testify in the treason trial of Aaron Burr, his former vice president. In the subpoena Burr asked Jefferson to produce documents that can clear him of this accusation. In Jefferson’s personal papers he said that he felt no love or loyalty to Burr despite their former political relationship. Jefferson refused to appear in Burrs defense, using his presidential right to protect the public interest. Jefferson’s refusal to supply documentation backfired on him and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall found Aaron Burr not guilty due to the lack of evidence. Burr had plenty of motive at this point in time. Plus he had just been
He had all the reasons for wanting Jefferson dead. They had become enemies during the presidential election when Burr tried to become the president after their vote originally resulted in a tie and remained on unfriendly terms during the rest of their time serving together. Then Jefferson had dropped Burr from his ticket when he ran for re-election, adding fuel to the fire. It was publically known that Burr was a man who had a violent nature having killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Some might say that Burr was made to look bad by a dirty political tactic but I disagree. He was believed to have been planning to overthrow the United States government by enlisting the help of Britain and Spain to create a separate nation in the southwestern region of the American continent which would have included parts of Mexico, which Burr would rule over. This plan had failed when General James Wilkinson who was actually helping Burr with this plan betrayed him and notified Jefferson of this outrages plan. Burr was hunted down and arrested for treason when Jefferson issued a warrant for his arrest, adding to Burrs motives to murder him. President Jefferson received a subpoena to testify in the treason trial of Aaron Burr, his former vice president. In the subpoena Burr asked Jefferson to produce documents that can clear him of this accusation. In Jefferson’s personal papers he said that he felt no love or loyalty to Burr despite their former political relationship. Jefferson refused to appear in Burrs defense, using his presidential right to protect the public interest. Jefferson’s refusal to supply documentation backfired on him and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall found Aaron Burr not guilty due to the lack of evidence. Burr had plenty of motive at this point in time. Plus he had just been