Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr was the third vice president of this nation. To be fair, he had his strengths, like the fact that he has been hailed as one of the most efficient presiding officers in the Senate.
And that’s about it, because his political gifts were rapidly dwarfed by his role in two of the biggest scandals that ever took place in office. Back in 1894, he got involved in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.
Burr killed the former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who was one of the Founding Fathers and Federalist Papers authors. Since Hamilton was held in enough high regard to have his face on the $10 bill, you can only imagine that Burr torpedoed his career forever.
He got convicted of murder and decided to get away from his conviction.
Elbridge Gerry
A veritable Zelig of early American history, Elbridge Gerry was the one who signed the Declaration of Independence. He also served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, where, funnily enough, he simply refused to sign the Constitution. Do you want to know why? Because he didn’t like the way it was written.
He was also the governor of Massachusetts, where he inspired the unfortunate term “gerrymandering” after he redrew congressional districts as he pleased.
