Who is the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?

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Who is the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence?

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The project is assigned to a committee of five representatives (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Thomas Jefferson). Thomas Jefferson eventually developed a draft and became the principal author of the text.