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Jefferson was 33

Jefferson’s age when the Declaration was adopted

Thomas Jefferson was 33 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

He had been given the drafting job partly because the older delegates were busy with what they considered the more important work.

Source

Signers factsheetU.S. National Archives

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