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'''Roger Sherman'''(April 19, 1721 - July 23rd, 1793) was an influential member of the [[Continental Congress]] (1774-81 and 1783-84) and [[Connecticut]] consultant and lawyer. He was elected to the committee which drafted both the [[Declaration of Independence]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]], as well as many other important documents concerning national finances, military matters and Indian affairs. He also worked in shaping the [[New Jersey Plan]] and was a strong advocate of the [[Connecticut Compromise]].  Roger Sherman was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] and was the only [[Founding Father]] who signed all four of the documents that created the United States:

'''Roger Sherman'''(April 19, 1721 - July 23, 1793) was an influential member of the [[Continental Congress]] (1774–81 and 1783–84) and [[Connecticut]] consultant and lawyer. He was elected to the committee which drafted both the [[Declaration of Independence]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]], as well as many other important documents concerning national finances, military matters and Indian affairs. He also worked in shaping the [[New Jersey Plan]] and was a strong advocate of the [[Connecticut Compromise]].  Roger Sherman was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]] and was the only [[Founding Father]] who signed all four of the documents that created the United States:

*Articles of Association in 1774

*Articles of Association in 1774

*U.S. Constitution in 1787

*U.S. Constitution in 1787

Sherman generally supported increased powers for the federal government and advocated higher taxes, borrowing, and issuance of paper currency to solve economic problems. <ref> http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/founders/const/sherman.html</ref> During the [[American Revolutionary War]], Sherman served in Congress and on the supreme court of Connecticut. In 1783, Sherman was elected New Haven's first mayor.

Sherman generally supported increased powers for the federal government and advocated higher taxes, borrowing, and issuance of paper currency to solve economic problems.<ref>http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/founders/const/sherman.html</ref> During the [[American Revolutionary War]], Sherman served in Congress and on the supreme court of Connecticut. In 1783, Sherman was elected New Haven's first mayor.

Before ending his political career, Sherman served in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (1789-91) and [[U.S. Senate]] (1791-93), where he was elected to fill the spot left vacant by the resignation of William S. Johnson.<ref> http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000349</ref> Thomas Jefferson described Sherman as "a man who never said a foolish thing in his life." <ref> http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/RogerSherman.net/</ref>

Before ending his political career, Sherman served in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (1789–91) and [[U.S. Senate]] (1791-93), where he was elected to fill the spot left vacant by the resignation of William S. Johnson.<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000349</ref> Thomas Jefferson described Sherman as "a man who never said a foolish thing in his life." <ref>http://virtualology.com/declarationofindependence/RogerSherman.net/</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Roger Sherman was born at Newton, Massachusetts, April 19, 1721. His great grandfather, Captain John Sherman, came from Dedham, in England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, about the year 1635. His grandfather, William Sherman, was a farmer, in moderate circumstances. In 1723, the family removed from Newton to Stoughton. Of the childhood and early youth of Sherman, little is known. He received no other education than the ordinary country schools in Massachusetts. He was neither assisted by a public education, nor by private tuition. All the valuable attainments, which he exhibited in his future career, were the result of his own vigorous efforts. By his ardent thirst for knowledge, and his indefatigable industry, he attained a very commendable acquaintance with general science, the system of logic, geography, mathematics, the general principles of history, philosophy, theology, and particularly law, and politics. He was early apprenticed to a shoemaker,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5yE6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA304 Cyclopedia of American Government, Volume 3]</ref> and he continued to pursue that occupation for some time after he was twenty-two years of age. It is recorded of him, that he was accustomed to sit at his  work with a book before him, devoting to study every moment that his eyes could be spared from the occupation in which he was engaged.

Roger Sherman was born at Newton, Massachusetts, April 19, 1721. His great grandfather, Captain John Sherman, came from Dedham, in England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, about the year 1635. His grandfather, William Sherman, was a farmer, in moderate circumstances. In 1723, the family removed from Newton to Stoughton. Of the childhood and early youth of Sherman, little is known. He received no other education than the ordinary country schools in Massachusetts. He was neither assisted by a public education, nor by private tuition. All the valuable attainments, which he exhibited in his future career, were the result of his own vigorous efforts. By his ardent thirst for knowledge, and his indefatigable industry, he attained a very commendable acquaintance with general science, the system of logic, geography, mathematics, the general principles of history, philosophy, theology, and particularly law, and politics. He was early apprenticed to a shoemaker,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5yE6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA304 Cyclopedia of American Government, Volume 3]</ref> and he continued to pursue that occupation for some time after he was twenty-two years of age. It is recorded of him, that he was accustomed to sit at his  work with a book before him, devoting to study every moment that his eyes could be spared from the occupation in which he was engaged.

Mr. Sherman uniformly opposed the amendments to the constitution, which were at various times submitted to the house. "I do not suppose," said he, "the constitution to be perfect, nor do I imagine, if congress and all the legislatures on the continent, were to revise it, that their labors would perfect it." He maintained that the more important objects of government ought first to be attended to; that the executive portion of it needed organization, as well as the business of the revenue and judiciary.

Mr. Sherman uniformly opposed the amendments to the constitution, which were at various times submitted to the house. "I do not suppose," said he, "the constitution to be perfect, nor do I imagine, if congress and all the legislatures on the continent, were to revise it, that their labors would perfect it." He maintained that the more important objects of government ought first to be attended to; that the executive portion of it needed organization, as well as the business of the revenue and judiciary.

==Later Life==

==Later life==

In 1791, a vacancy having occurred in the senate of the United States, he was elected to fill that elevated station.

In 1791, a vacancy having occurred in the senate of the United States, he was elected to fill that elevated station.

On July 23rd, 1793, this great and excellent man was gathered to his fathers, in the seventy-third year of his age. He died in full possession of all his powers, both of mind and of body.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f_hLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 Biography of self taught men: With an introductory essay]</ref>

On July 23, 1793, this great and excellent man was gathered to his fathers, in the seventy-third year of his age. He died in full possession of all his powers, both of mind and of body.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f_hLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 Biography of self taught men: With an introductory essay]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=3MwzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 Roger Sherman]

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=3MwzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 Roger Sherman]

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