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The answer is John Adams (second President) and Thomas Jefferson (third President). These two men died on the same day. But that's not all; read on.... Both Adams and Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. The fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As we all know, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration in committee with John Adams (and Benjamin Franklin).
The Debt and Death of Thomas Jefferson. It scarcely seemed possible that 83-year-old Jefferson had lived just long enough to reach the 50th anniversary of Americaâs independence. News of the death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson from the July 8, 1826 issue of the Post.