1804Founding Father and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel. Both men were political leaders in New York: Burr was a prominent Democratic-Republican and Hamilton was a leader of the Federalist Party. Burr’s challenge to Hamilton was based upon his view that Hamilton publicly maligned his character in the recent New York gubernatorial race that Burr lost.1955Congress passed a law mandating all U.S. currency be inscribed with the motto “In God We Trust …