Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Congressman Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in the most infamous duel in U.S. history. But did you know another congressman was killed in a duel four decades later? In 1838, Jonathan Cilley and William Graves fought with rifles, and Cilley was shot dead. Congress banned dueling afterward… but only in D.C.
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Congressman Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in the most infamous duel in U.S. history. But did you know another congressman was killed in a duel four decades later? In 1838, Jonathan Cilley and William Graves fought with rifles, and Cilley was shot dead. Congress banned dueling afterward… but only in D.C.
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