George Eacker

George I. Eacker
Bornc. 1774 (1774)
Palatine, Province of New York, British America
DiedJanuary 4, 1804(1804-01-04) (aged 29–30)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia College (1793)
OccupationLawyer
Parent(s)Jacob Eacker
Anna Margaret Finck

George I. Eacker (c. 1774 – January 4, 1804) was a New York lawyer. He is best known for having fatally shot Philip Hamilton, the eldest son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, in a duel on November 23, 1801, in Weehawken, New Jersey.[1][2]

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