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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).
Yes, although it seems likely to me that each of them was holding on by sheer strength of will, both to reach the anniversary and to outlive the other--they were friends again, after a long period of estrangement, but still to an extent rivals. When the day arrived, they could let go. Adams' last words are said to have been Thomas Jefferson still lives (Jefferson had actually died earlier in the day, but they were hundreds of miles apart, so no one in Massachusetts could have known that.) Written Jul 3, 2015 Â· View Upvotes.