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2 February, 09:36

Who was the youngest person to sign the declaration of independence

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    Edward Rutledge

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    There was a 44-year age difference between the youngest and oldest signers. The oldest signer was Benjamin Franklin, 70 years old when he scrawled his name on the parchment. The youngest was Edward Rutledge, a lawyer from South Carolina who was only 26 at the time.
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