Roger Sherman

Roger Sherman

Contributions to Constitutional Convention

Roles

Other Contributions

Documents he Contributed to

• Served as a Connecticut Representative and Senator
• Attended the Ratification Convention

• Offered the Great Compromise/ Connecticut Compromise to equal out representation among the large and small states.
• Also had a stance against paper money and authorizing Article 1 section 10 of the US Constitution

Honors

• Continental Congress
• Connecticut House of Representatives
• Governor's Council in Connecticut
• Judge of the Court of common pleas
• Justice Of Superior Court of Connecticut
• Elected US Senator for Connecticut

• Town of Sherman, Connecticut
• Numerous Streets
• National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Statue
• Awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale

• Was the only founding father to sign all 4 of the main documents that founded America.
• The Articles of Association - 1774
• The Declaration of Independence - 1776
• The Articles of Confederation - 1777
• The U.S. Constitution - 1787

Career

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• Even though Sherman had no formal training he studied for the Bar exam and was admitted to the Bar of Litchfield Connecticut where he was chosen to be part of the Connecticut House of Representatives from
• After he was elected to the Governor's Council until 1785

Roger Sherman: Sources

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Early Career

• Dictionary of American Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman
• Teaching American History. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/convention/delegates/sherman.html

• Started off supporting his family and helping his brothers attend college as a shoe cobbler.
• Went on then to become a surveyor and merchant before he was encouraged to become a lawyer by his neighbor

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Education

• Sherman’s education did not get further than the basic grammar school and then on to his father’s extensive library as well as growing up with a Harvard educated minister, Samuel Dunbar.

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Family

• Roger Sherman’s father was a modest farmer who supported the family by farming. His mother stayed at home and took care of the house and kids.
• Sherman had 3 brothers one older and two younger.

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By: Tim Roof

Born/Died

• Born- April 19, 1721 in Newton, Mass.

• Died- July 23, 1793

In his sleep from

typhoid fever

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Roger Sherman

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