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    Roger Sherman

    Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States

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  1. Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Roger Sherman? American Founding Father Roger Sherman studied law, became a judge and then began a long career in government. Among many political posts, he served in Connecticut’s...

  3. Jul 19, 2024 · Roger Sherman (born April 19, 1721, Newton, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died July 23, 1793, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American politician whose plan for representation of large and small states prevented a deadlock at the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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  4. Jul 10, 2022 · Roger Sherman is a Founding Father who was a merchant, lawyer, and politician. He rose to prominence during the American Revolution as a political icon and influential member of Congress. He was born in Massachusetts and moved to Connecticut after his father died.

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  5. Feb 18, 2020 · Roger Sherman was a self-made American politician, a Connecticut delegate to the second Continental Congress, and the only man to sign all four of the great American documents. Roger Sherman was born April 19, 1721 in Newton, Massachusetts, a small town near Boston.

  6. In July of 1793, Roger Sherman died of typhoid at the age of 72. At the time he served as US Senator from Connecticut under the new constitution that he had helped to build; in the new nation, that he had spent most of his life defending and defining.

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  8. Oct 10, 2020 · Roger Sherman is the only person to have signed all four of the most significant documents in our nation’s early history: the Continental Association from the first Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.

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