Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson, who became the third president of the US (from 1801 to 1809), was the principal author of the famous document in 1776. He was a member of the five-man committee charged with preparing the declaration, along with Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and future president John Adams.Thomas Jefferson became the 3third president and wrote the declaraton of independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author. However, five men from the Constitutional Convention were delegated as a committee to write it. They were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman.
The beautifully written document was authored by Thomas Jefferson, who became president in 1801
The president of the United States who was also an author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. He wrote the Declaration of Independence with Benjamin Franklin and Roger Sherman.
The Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, future President Thomas Jefferson, future President John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to a committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Although Jefferson did most of the actual writing, John Adams was the chair of the committe.
There were 56 people who signed the Declaration of Independence. Two future presidents, 3 future vice presidents, and 10 future congressmen.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence.
There are many things I would write in the Declaration of Independence. One thing that pops into my mind would be that future presidents are not able to change or modify anything in this declaration.
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