Not content with the exalted office to which he had suddenly fallen heir, he now began looking for higher honours; and when it came time to select candidates for governor, he invoked the tactics that won him a place in the United States Senate.
This passage describes Burr's aspirations for higher political office and his strategic maneuvers.
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