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Ages of Founding Fathers in 1776
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:07 am
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:07 am
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James Monroe, 18
Aaron Burr, 20
John Marshall, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
James Madison, 25
Benjamin Rush, 30
John Jay, 30
Thomas Jefferson, 33
Thomas Paine: 39
“People who did great things often did so at very surprisingly young ages. (They were grayhaired when they became famous… not when they did the work.)” - Patrick Collison
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Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:29 am to Street Hawk
Benjamin Franklin, 70
Samuel Adams, 53
George Washington, 44
Respect your elders.
Samuel Adams, 53
George Washington, 44
Respect your elders.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:32 am to Street Hawk
Old age, experience, and a family sometimes cools the blood.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:36 am to Street Hawk
Now we've got octogenarians that refuse to leave govt
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:37 am to Street Hawk
White boy summer.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:42 am to upgrayedd
quote:Admittedly this is a problem.......
Now we've got octogenarians that refuse to leave govt
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:42 am to Street Hawk
Edward Rutledge of South Carolina was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was 26 years old at the time.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:44 am to Street Hawk
Today's young generation is also poised to do great things.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:45 am to RoyalWe
quote:
Samuel Adams, 53
This is why I got a kick out of the History Channel miniseries from 2014, Sons of Liberty. Samuel Adams was the main protagonist and Ben Barnes, who was 34 at the time, portrayed him in the series. They depicted him as being attractive, a lady's man, and a street brawler.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:46 am to Street Hawk
To put it in perspective life expectancy in 1776 was only about 38 years for your average male. So these dude were mid life.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:48 am to Emteein
quote:
To put it in perspective life expectancy in 1776 was only about 38 years for your average male.
I'd imagine that stat was heavily skewed by high infant mortality rates.
The average age of the Declaration signers was ~44 years old. And their average age at death was ~66.
Of the 56 signers, 19 were under the age of 40.
The "youngest" colony was South Carolina, with an average signer age of 29. I guess disease was a bitch in the southern colonies?
The "oldest" colony was Rhode Island, with an average signer age of 58.
Row Labels Average of Age in 1776
SC 29.00
MD 35.25
NC 38.67
MA 42.00
VA 42.00
GA 42.67
DE 43.67
PA 47.44
CT 48.50
NJ 50.20
NH 51.33
NY 53.50
RI 58.50
Grand Total 44.52
Looking at how long those signers lived. Again, South Carolina came in with the average youngest age at death, 46. The Rhode Island signers lived to an average age of 85.
Row Labels Average of Age at Death
SC 46.50 (featured the youngest signer death, Thomas Lynch Jr. who was lost at sea in 1779 at the age of 30)
NC 48.33
GA 57.00
NJ 62.00
VA 66.14
MD 66.75 (interestingly, the last surviving signer was from Maryland, Charles Carroll of Carrolton, who died at 95)
PA 67.22
DE 67.67
NH 69.67
CT 71.75
MA 76.00
NY 77.00
RI 85.00
Grand Total 66.14
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:56 am to Emteein
The fact that people don’t understand how life expectancy works is absolutely mind blowing. People weren’t just dropping dead in their mid to late 30s back then. 50 wasn’t some ancient age. People just died from disease and tons of babies didn’t make it long after birth or died as young children. It’s an AVERAGE.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:00 pm to Street Hawk
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:22 pm to GetCocky11
Just to keep going, b/c why not 
11 signers had at least 10 children. Carter Braxton of Virginia is the winner in this category with 18 children. 3 of his grandsons would be majors in the Confederate Army.
11 signers had at least 10 children. Carter Braxton of Virginia is the winner in this category with 18 children. 3 of his grandsons would be majors in the Confederate Army.
This post was edited on 7/4/22 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:36 pm to BigB0882
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People weren’t just dropping dead in their mid to late 30s back then. 50 wasn’t some ancient age. People just died from disease and tons of babies didn’t make it long after birth or died as young children. It’s an AVERAGE.
This. The same thing held true in the ancient world. If you survived to be a teenager your chances of living into your 60s were fairly good.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 12:36 pm to GetCocky11
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Row Labels Average of Age in 1776 SC 29.00 MD 35.25 NC 38.67 MA 42.00 VA 42.00 GA 42.67 DE 43.67 PA 47.44 CT 48.50 NJ 50.20 NH 51.33 NY 53.50 RI 58.50 Grand Total 44.52
Before some smart arse liberal mouths off about the south being unhealthy and poor, a reminder that this was before air conditioning
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:37 pm to GoldenGuy
quote:Yellow fever was a bitch.
Before some smart arse liberal mouths off about the south being unhealthy and poor
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:40 pm to Street Hawk
quote:
“People who did great things often did so at very surprisingly young ages. (They were grayhaired when they became famous… not when they did the work.)” - Patrick Collison
The Beatles broke up before any of them turned 30
Posted on 7/4/22 at 1:42 pm to Street Hawk
Damn, I just turned 35 a few days ago...
This makes me feel like shite
Posted on 7/4/22 at 3:04 pm to Street Hawk
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Aaron Burr, 20
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