Roger Sherman
Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 72
Roger Sherman was an early American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. Representing Connecticut, 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.
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Alexander Hamilton 6 moreTook partNamed Delegate to the United States Constitutional ConventionOffice25 May to 17 September 17871784Named Mayor of New Haven, ConnecticutOffice10 February 1784 to 19 August 17931721Born19 April 1721People around Roger
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The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1819) depicts the Committee of Five presenting its work to Congress. Sherman is second from the left.![Foundation of the American Government. Roger Sherman is closest behind Morris, who is signing the Constitution. 1925 painting by John Henry Hintermeister.[33]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Foundation_of_the_American_Government_by_Henry_Hintermeister.jpg/1280px-Foundation_of_the_American_Government_by_Henry_Hintermeister.jpg)
Foundation of the American Government. Roger Sherman is closest behind Morris, who is signing the Constitution. 1925 painting by John Henry Hintermeister.[33]
The Committee of Five, including Sherman, is depicted on the pediment of the Jefferson Memorial in a sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman.About this person
He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.
