Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman was born April 19th, 1721 and died July 23rd, 1793.

He was an early American lawyer as well as a founding father of the United States.

He was the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut.

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• He was on the committee of 5 that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
• He was the only one to sign all four great state papers of the U.S.

the four papers

• Continental Association
• Declaration of Independence
• Article of Confederation
• The Constitution

He was born in Newton Massachusetts, but moved to Stoughton Massachusetts when he was two years old.

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• He did not have much of an education.
• He educated himself by using his fathers library and he had a tutor who graduated from Harvard.

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• His dad died in 1743.
• After his dad died, his mother and all of his siblings travelled to New Milford Connecticut.
• Roger and his brother quickly opened a store, and Roger quickly became a high member of society. He eventually became the county surveyor of New Haven,

Even though he did have a formal education, he was urged to become a lawyer, and joined the Bar of Litchfield Connecticut.

Roger held various positions in law before becoming a professor of religion at Yale.

He was appointed Justice of Peace in 1762.

Sherman served as Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766 to 1789. He left to become a member of the United States Constitution.

Roger Sherman was one of the most influential members of The Constitutional Convention because he created the Great Compromise!

FUN FACTS!!!

🌚He never kept a personal record of his experience.
🌝Sherman was the second eldest member at the convention following Benjamin Franklin.
🌞His opponent was James Maddison.

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