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Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776

Posted on 7/5/26 at 3:00 am
Posted by rickgrimes
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 3:03 am to
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Thomas Jefferson, 33
I've been to that guy's house before. Everyone should go there and visit
Posted by liz18lsu
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 3:58 am to
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I've been to that guy's house before. Everyone should go there and visit


Monticello is beautiful. We were there on a gorgeous day, perfect weather.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 6:57 am to
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Aaron Burr, 20

What a great commercial.





Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:03 am to
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I've been to that guy's house before. Everyone should go there and visit


I puked in his rose garden after a night of playing Captain Dickhead with Southern Comfort on UVA's campus... while on a business trip

Turns out, Redbull and Marlboro Reds are not a cure all for bad decisions
Posted by Barbellthor
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:38 am to
This is western civilization. God bless and keep it!
Posted by Pepe Lepew
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:07 am to
Only one could become president (age)
Posted by Upperdecker
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 8:17 am to
To be fair, Monroe, Burr, and Hamilton were much more influential AFTER we gained independence and in the forming of the government following than in the path to independence. There was a pretty strong amount of flying by the seat of their pants in that time
Posted by WhiteMandingo
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 9:00 am to
Yeah but he had slaves he is an evil white man, relearn history bro.....
Posted by UFFan
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 9:12 am to
I get tired of the octogenarians ruling us today.

But this meme, which has been spreading across the internet for years, is kind of stupid in its own right. It acts like the people who were important in 1800 or even in 1787 were necessarily very important in 1776.

The youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was 27 at the time.
This post was edited on 7/5/26 at 9:13 am
Posted by drizztiger
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 9:18 am to
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The youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence was 27 at the time.
I’m fairly certain it was 26. Just fyi.
Posted by Marciano1
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 9:32 am to
Signers of the Declaration of Independence and their ages on 7/4/1776

Benjamin Franklin 70
Stephen Hopkins 69
Francis Lewis 63
Matthew Thornton 62
John Hart 61
Philip Livingston 60
George Taylor 60
James Smith 57
Roger Sherman 55
Samuel Adams 53
John Witherspoon 53
Lyman Hall 52
John Morton 51
Lewis Morris 50
Abraham Clark 50
Benjamin Harrison V 50
Oliver Wolcott 49
George Wythe 49
William Ellery 48
Caesar Rodney 47
Josiah Bartlett 46
George Ross 46
Joseph Hewes 46
Robert Treat Paine 45
William Whipple 45
William Williams 45
Richard Stockton 45
Richard Henry Lee 44
Samuel Huntington 44
Robert Morris 42
George Read 42
Thomas McKean 42
Button Gwinnett 41
William Floyd 41
John Adams 40
Francis Lightfoot Lee 40
John Hancock 39
Carter Braxton 39
Francis Hopkinson 38
Charles Carroll of Carrollton 38
Thomas Nelson Jr. 38
George Clymer 37
Samuel Chase 35
William Paca 35
John Penn 35
William Hooper 34
Arthur Middleton 34
James Wilson 33
Thomas Jefferson 33
Elbridge Gerry 32
Thomas Stone 32
Benjamin Rush 30
Thomas Heyward Jr. 30
Thomas Lynch Jr. 27
Edward Rutledge 26
George Walton 26
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 9:53 am to
I didn’t know George Washington didn’t sign it
Posted by AUstar
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:08 am to
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I didn’t know George Washington didn’t sign it


He wasn't in Philly at the time. He was preparing the Army (in NY I believe).
Posted by LazloHollyfeld
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:09 am to
Posted by LazloHollyfeld
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:10 am to
All I could think about while watching Hamilton.
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:21 am to
Thats mind blowing I always thought they were a lot older.
Posted by dalefla
Central FL
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:23 am to
LOL. Got that LGBT Studies graduate downvote.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:23 am to
I had no idea some of them were that young. I learned something new today
Posted by PillageUrVillage
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Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:30 am to
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I've been to that guy's house before. Everyone should go there and visit


Went last week. It was pretty awesome.
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