No. It was Franklin, Adams, Jay, and Jefferson. Jefferson wrote it and the other three were editors. They required him to rewrite it 6 times before it was approved.
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Yes he was. Along with Caesar Rodney. These two men signed the Declaration of Independence.
who was the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th person to sign the declaration of independence?
John Quincy Adams and William Henry Harrison had fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. The fathers who signed were John Adams and Benjamin Harrison.
He did not want to be remembered as one of the people in the Continental Congress who did not sign the Declaration and prevent our independence. He would have prevented our independence because the other 12 states agreed on independence, and all 13 had to agree, so it was down to Pennsylvania and it was split in half so Wilson had the last vote and he voted for independence.