What is Roger Sherman?
{{unreferenced|date=December 2011}} '''Roger Sherman''' (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an American politician. He was from [[Connecticut]]. He is the only person to have signed the [[Articles of Association]], the [[Declaration of Independence]], the [[Articles of Confederation]] and the [[United States Constitution]]: the four great documents of the starting of the United States. He served in the [[Continental Congress]] for several years. Along with [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[Ben Franklin]], [[John Adams]] and [[Robert Livingstone]], he was one of the people who helped write the Declaration of Independence. Sherman created the Great (Connecticut) Compromise at the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]]. After the Constitution was passed, he was a [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] from Connecticut. He also proposed a two-house [[legislature]]. Roger Sherman started out as a poor boy in Connecticut. His first career was shoe-making. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, Roger}} [[Category:1721 births]] [[Category:1793 deaths]] [[Category:Founding Fathers of the United States]] [[Category:United States representatives from Connecticut]] [[Category:United States senators from Connecticut]] [[Category:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence]] [[Category:Signers of the United States Constitution]] {{US-bio-stub}}