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Our founding father age when the declaration of Independence was signed. And yes, Andrew Jackson was 9 years old. Also, the average age was 39 years old.
Andrew Jackson, 9 (Major) Thomas Young, 12 Deborah Sampson, 15 James Armistead, 15 Joseph Plumb Martin, 15 Peter Salem, 16** Peggy Shippen, 16 Marquis de Lafayette, 18 James Monroe, 18 Henry Lee III, 20 Gilbert Stuart, 20 John Trumbull, 20 Aaron Burr, 20 John Marshall, 20 Nathan Hale, 21 Banastre Tarleton, 21 Alexander Hamilton, 21** Benjamin Tallmadge, 22 Robert Townsend, 22 George Rodgers Clark, 23 David Humphreys, 23 Gouveneur Morris, 24 Betsy Ross, 24 William Washington, 24 James Madison, 25 Henry Knox, 25 John Andre, 26 Thomas Lynch, Jr., 26* Edward Rutledge, 26* Abraham Woodhull, 26 Isaiah Thomas, 27 George Walton, 27* ** John Paul Jones, 28 Bernardo de Galvez, 29 Thomas Heyward, Jr., 29* Robert R. Livingston, 29 John Jay, 30 Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 30 Benjamin Rush, 30* Abigail Adams, 31 John Barry, 31 Elbridge Gerry, 31* Casimir Pulaski, 31 Anthony Wayne, 31 Joseph Brant, 33 Nathanael Greene, 33 Thomas Jefferson, 33* Thomas Stone, 33* ** William Hooper, 34* Arthur Middleton, 34* James Wilson, 34* ** Benedict Arnold, 35 Samuel Chase, 35* Thomas Knowlton, 35 William Paca, 35* John Penn, 35* Hercules Mulligan, 36 Andrew Pickens, 36 Haym Solomon, 36 John Sullivan, 36 George Clymer, 37* Charles Cornwallis, 37 Thomas Nelson, Jr., 37* Ethan Allen, 38 Charles Carroll, 38* King George III, 38 Francis Hopkinson, 38* Carter Braxton, 39* George Clinton, 39 John Hancock, 39* Daniel Morgan, 39 Thomas Paine, 39 Patrick Henry, 40 Enoch Poor, 40 John Adams, 40* Daniel Boone, 41 William Floyd, 41^ Button Gwinnett, 41* ** John Lamb, 41** Francis Lightfoot Lee, 41* Paul Revere, 41 Thomas Sumter, 41 Robert Morris, 42* Thomas McKean, 42* George Read, 42* John Dickinson, 43 John Glover, 43 Benjamin Edes, 43 Samuel Huntington, 44* Richard Henry Lee, 44* Charles Lee, 44 Francis Marion, 44 Lord North, 44 George Washington, 44 Joseph Galloway, 45 Robert Treat Paine, 45* Friedrich von Steuben, 45 Richard Stockton, 45* Martha Washington, 45 William Williams, 45* (Dr.) Thomas Young, 45 Josiah Bartlett, 46* Henry Clinton, 46 Joseph Hewes, 46* William Howe, 46 George Ross, 46* William Whipple, 46* Caesar Rodney, 47* John Stark, 47 Mercy Otis Warren, 47 William Ellery, 48* Horatio Gates, 48 Artemas Ward, 48 Oliver Wolcott, 49* Abraham Clark, 50* Benjamin Harrison, 50* Lewis Morris, 50* Lord Stirling, 50 George Wythe, 50* ** Guy Carleton, 51 John Morton, 51* ** Comte de Rochambeau, 51 Lyman Hall, 52* James Rivington, 52** Samuel Adams, 53* Comte de Grasse, 53 John Witherspoon, 53* John Burgoyne, 54 Johann de Kalb, 55 Roger Sherman, 55* Thomas Gage, 56 James Smith, 56* Israel Putnam, 58 Comte de Vergennes, 58 Lewis Nicola, 59** George Germain, 60 Philip Livingston, 60* George Taylor, 60* ** Matthew Thornton, 62* Francis Lewis, 63* John Hart, 65* ** Stephen Hopkins, 69* Benjamin Franklin, 70* Samuel Whittemore, 81Kind George III was a founding father? What is this list?
36 is still young? Thanks New York Post!
I’ve been saying for years we need older people running the government.
A vote for Zohran is a vote for anarchy!
Privileged lefty radicals, huh? I thought it was poor people being lefties because they want handouts. Choose one boogeyman lol
It’s part of the fascist agenda. Your opponent is both too weak and too strong
Ah, like Russia is supposed to be.
Outing them as persons with empathy.
TAKES A REAL GHOUL TO CARE ABOUT THE WELLBEING OF OTHERS. - MAGA
We’ve voted celebrities in government positions with NO experience. Enough said.
Fucking trump and then Reagan was a cenile celibrity puppet
Reagan was a 2nd rate actor who was most famous for playing 2nd banana to a literal chimpanzee.
But… Reagan was involved in politics for a long time before he became president. Even before he was governor of California he had his hands in some political roles before he gave up acting.
OMG! horrible! They’re not even narcissists! How are they gonna politic and hurt the right people? /s
People with personality disorders are usually the ones being attacked by the right. The left are the ones who stick up for neurodivergent rights.
None of these people have Eric Adams’s swag. None of them will be going to Istanbul to do body shots off an underaged war refugee. None of them are taking their salaries in Bitcoin. None of them want “New York State of Mind” playing from rescue drones paroling Coney Island.
Is this really what our beautiful, bountiful, bootilicious city wants? Are we going to elect a bunch of 30-something civics nerds?
Not on my watch!
They could complain they’re awfully white and not diverse
In what world is mid 30s young? I’d rather have a political cabinet of people who have to live with the consequences of their decisions, than a hundred variants of Holden Bloodfeast.
Just a bunch of young 30 year olds. You know, the age greater than most of our founding fathers.
Hey let me think I’m young for at least a few more years!
I do think mid 30s is a great age for getting into politics though. They still have decades left to live with the consequences of their decisions, but they also have a bit more experience with how the world works than idealistic 18 year olds.
Ideally they should also exit politics in less than a century, but I guess we’ll see how that plays out.
In the world of “our median audience member is 67”.
I’d say mid 30s is perfect, enough real world experience to hopefully be a decent person, enough time left to have ambition for something.
It’s certainly good news to me that some elderly politically-actives have been very much in favor of younger politicians. They’ve been very happy to have me around in phone banks, and wish for more candidates around my age.
Hindenburgs.
I see so much support for Zohran in the MSM, they keep posting his Ws.
Woah there I already supported the guy no need for the hard sell
There’s 36-year-olds in the tech industry having difficulty finding work because they’re perceived as too old.
Meanwhile we’ve got a succession of Presidents who are well above retirement age and people act like that’s how things should be.
In what world is mid 30s young? I’d rather have a political cabinet of people who have to live with the consequences of their decisions, than a hundred variants of Holden Bloodfeast.
they are seen as too old because they probably have self-respect and experience. rather than being young eager sychophants that fresh college grads tend to be
Also, young, inexperienced people are easier to mold into those sycophants they want. At 36, they’re more likely to take a step back and say “wait a minute”.
Meanwhile having a 19 year old called Big Balls ransacked the data of an entire nation for personal gain and assault workers doing essential work is no biggie.
They’re trying to lean on the world Privileged, but the people they need to convince he’s bad already know every other option is also privileged.
The people accusing them of being privileged are all ivy league aristocrats.
That too.
