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Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despite a lack of formal education. After a period in the Connecticut House of Representatives, he served as a Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766 to 1789. He represented Connecticut at the Continental Congress and signed the Continental Association, which provided for a boycott against Britain following the imposition of the Intolerable Acts. He was also a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. He later signed both the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
BornApril 19, 1721, Newton, Province of Massachusetts
DiedJuly 23, 1793, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting placeGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven
NationalityAmerican
Political partyPro-Administration
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Hartwell, Rebecca Minot Prescott
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer
Preceded byWilliam S. Johnson
Succeeded byStephen M. Mitchell

About Roger Sherman

Politician Roger Sherman was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States on April 19, 1721. He dies at the age of 72, on July 23, 1793.

Representing 1791 to 1793, he served as a senator from Connecticut. He was a Founding Father and a member of the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence. He signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

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Roger Sherman before becoming famous

Roger Sherman was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1721 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

His formal education stopped when he began working as a shoemaker in grade school, but he learned a lot through his father's enormous library.

Achievement of Roger Sherman

During the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he proposed the Connecticut Compromise, which resulted in the current form of the United States Congress.

Roger Sherman's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Three of his grandsons accompanied him to America. Senate.

Roger Sherman Collabed with

"That is Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, a man who has never said a dumb thing in his life", US President Thomas Jefferson wrote.

Roger Sherman Income & Net worth

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Roger Sherman Height and Weight

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Latest information about Roger Sherman updated on March 12 2023.