Alexander Hamilton Death: Did Burr regret killing Hamilton?

Burr’s actions following the duel suggests that the sitting vice president felt some remorse for killing Hamilton, but it was unclear whether he did or not.

The Burr–Hamilton duel took place on July 11, 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury.

The fight was the culmination of a fierce rivalry that had arisen between the two men, both of whom had risen to prominence as politicians in postcolonial America. Burr fatally shot Hamilton during the duel, while Hamilton fired into a tree branch above and behind Burr’s head. Hamilton was carried across the Hudson River and died the next day in New York.

The death of Hamilton resulted in the Federalist Party’s enduring decline and eventual collapse in American domestic politics. It also effectively terminated Burr’s political career, as he was hated for shooting Hamilton; after his tenure as Vice President ended in 1805, he never held any high post.