Roger Sherman
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United States Senator from Connecticut |
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In office June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | William S. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Stephen M. Mitchell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large district |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Amasa Learned |
| Delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut | |
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In office 1774–1781 |
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In office 1784–1784 |
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| 1st Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut | |
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In office 1784 – July 23, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Bishop |
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April 19, 1721 Newton, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 23, 1793 (aged 72) New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grove Street Cemetery New Haven |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Hartwell Rebecca Minot Prescott |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and statesman, 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 is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson said this of him: "That is Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, a man who never said a foolish thing in his life."
Sherman was born into a farm family located in Newton, Massachusetts, near Boston. His father was William and mother Mehetabel Sherman. Mehetabel's father was Benjamin Wellington and her mother was Elizabeth Sweetman, whose christening date was March 4, 1687 (or 1688), and she died on April 12, 1776. William and Mehetabel had seven children, William Jr., Mehetabel, Roger (1721), Elizabeth (married James Buck), Nathaniel (became a Reverend), Josiah (also became a Reverend), and Rebecca (married Joseph Hartwell Jr.). After Elizabeth was born (1723), the Shermans left Newton and settled in the south precinct of Dorchester, that three years later became the township of Stoughton and located 17 miles (27 km) south of Boston, when Roger was two. William married Rebecca Cutler on July 15, 1714. Josiah was Chaplain of the 7th Connecticut from January 1 to December 6, 1777.
The part of Stoughton where Sherman grew up became part of Canton in 1797. Sherman's education did not extend beyond his father's library and grammar school, and his early career was spent as a shoe-maker. However, he had an aptitude for learning, and access to a good library owned by his father, as well as a Harvard-educated parish minister, the Rev. Samuel Dunbar, who took him under his wing.
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