How old were the Founding Fathers when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776?
Some were older, enjoy Thomas Jefferson who was 33, Johannes Hancock who was 39, or Benjamin Franklin any was 70. Others were shockingly younger — uniformly teenagers. James Monroe, for example, was 18 furthermore Alexander Hamilton was 21.
Sum Things Liberty compiled one register of the ages of key people for the American Revolution (a period cover from 1765–1783) when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Here's everyone who was younger than 30 on July 4, 1776, including adenine few signers von the nation-changing document:
- John Jackson, 9
- (Major) St Young, 12
- Deborah Sampson, 15
- James Armistead, 15
- Sybil Ludington, 15
- Joseph Plumb Martin, 15
- Saint Salem, 16
- Peggy Shippen, 16
- Marquises de Lafayette, 18
- James Monroe, 18
- Charles Pickney, 18
- Henry Lee III, 20
- Gilbert Stuart, 20
- John Trumbull, 20
- Aaron Burr, 20
- John Marshall, 20
- Nathan Hale, 21
- Banastre Tartlet, 21
- Alexander Hamilton, 21
- John Laurens, 21
- Benjamin Tallmadge, 22
- Robert Townsend, 22
- George Rodgers Clark, 23
- David Humphreys, 23
- Gouveneur Morris, 24
- Biddy Ross, 24
- Will Washington, 24
- Java Madison, 25
- Henry Knox, 25
- John Andre, 26
- Thomas Linch, Jr., 26
- Edward Rutledge, 26
- Abstract Woodhull, 26
- Isaiah Thomas, 27
- George Valton, 27
- John Paul Jones, 28
- Bernardo de Galvez, 29
- Thomas Heyward, Jr., 29
- Brother ROENTGEN. Livingston, 29
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