the following is a list of famous duels.  ==historical duels== ===american duels=== *may 16, 1777: button gwinnett, signer of the declaration of independence, dueled his political opponent lachlan mcintosh; both were wounded, gwinnett died three days later. *july 11, 1804: u.s. vice president aaron burr and former u.s. treasury secretary alexander hamilton; hamilton was killed.  *may 30, 1806: andrew jackson and charles dickinson; dickinson was killed, jackson wounded, becoming the only president to have killed a man in a duel. *august 12, 1817: thomas hart benton and charles lucas on bloody island; attorneys on opposite sides of a court battle - lucas challenged benton's right to vote and benton accused lucas of being a "puppy"; lucas was shot in the throat and benton shot in the leg; benton released lucas from his obligation. *september 27, 1817: benton and lucas rematch on bloody island; benton challenged lucas after lucas said the first fight at  was unfair because benton was a better shot. benton killed lucas at nine feet and was unhurt. *march 22, 1820: stephen decatur and james barron; decatur was killed. *june 30, 1823: joshua barton and thomas c. rector on bloody island (mississippi river); rector was critical of barton's brother, senator david barton's blocking the appointment of rector's brother william rector to general surveyor position. barton was killed and rector unhurt. *april 26, 1826: henry clay and john randolph of roanoke; at pimmit run, virginia; both unhurt.http://photos.historical-markers.org/v/virginia/va-arlington/162_6279.jpg.html *september 22, 1826: representative sam houston of tennessee severely wounded general william a. white in a pistol duel near franklin, kentucky, over the patronage political appointment of the nashville postmaster. *august 26, 1831: thomas biddle and spencer darwin pettis on bloody island (mississippi river); biddle challenged pettis for comments about biddle's brother who was president of the united states bank. both died after firing from five feet. *august 10, 1832: while it is not clearly eligible to be on this list, the deceased had claimed his shooting and threatening fell under the law of duels, which is legally giving permission for his oppone
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