Roger Sherman
U.S. Congressperson
1721 – 1793
Who was Roger Sherman?
Roger Sherman was an early American lawyer and politician, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the U.S.: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson said of him: "That is Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, a man who never said a foolish thing in his life."
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- Born
- Apr 19, 1721
Newton - Spouses
- Rebecca Minot Prescott
(1763/05/12 - ) - Elizabeth Hartwell
(1749/11/17 - )
- Rebecca Minot Prescott
- Children
- Religion
- Congregational church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- Jul 23, 1793
New Haven - Resting place
- Grove Street Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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