Fascinating. Ages of Founding Fathers in 1776: 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

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This makes the age limits for Congress & the WH set forth in the constitution even more interesting.
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And Ben Franklin was 70. !
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The U. S. Constitution, our real 'founding', happened in 1789->1791, so add 13 years to their ages.
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There were 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, why highlight just these 9 only? Seems like selective misleading information. Benjamin Franklin? Samuel Adams? John Adams? But then I鈥檓 note sure what the point is.
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Note: James Monroe, Aaron Burr, John Marshall, and Alexander Hamilton did NOT sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. So what were they doing in 1776?
Ages of Manning. Snowden, Assange?
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Yes, they also didn't usually live as long in those days. 30s was already middle aged.
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