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BENJAMIN HARRISON
Born: April 5, 1726
Birthplace: Berkeley, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 50
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: Virginia House of Burgesses, 1749-1775; Continental Congress, 1774-1777; Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-1782 and 1787-1791; Governor of Virginia, 1782-1784; Virginia Constitutional Convention, ratified U.S. Constitution, 1788.
Died: April 24, 1791
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Born: April 13, 1743
Birthplace: Shadwell, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 33
Occupation: Lawyer
Public Service: Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-1775; Continental Congress, 1775-1776 and 1783-1784; Governor of Virginia, 1779- 1781; Virginia House of Delegates, 1782; Minister to France, 1784- 1788; Secretary of State of the United States, 1789-1793; Vice President of the United States, 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-1809.
Died: July 4, 1826
FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE
Born: October 14, 1734
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 41
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Continental Congress, 1775-1779; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Virginia House of Delegates, 1780-1781; Virginia Senate, 1778-1782. Died: January 11, 1797
RICHARD HENRY LEE
Born: January 20, 1732
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 44
Occupation: Farmer
Public Service: Westmoreland County Justice of Peace, 1757; Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Continental Congress, 1774-1779, 1784-1785 and 1787; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Colonel, Westmoreland Militia; Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780 and 1785; Virginia Constitutional Convention that ratified U.S. Constitution, 1788; U.S. Senate, 1789-1792.
Died: June 19, 1794
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