Roger Sherman

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American politician Founding Father of the United States human lawyer statesman

Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Roger Sherman canonical	23

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Founding Father of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ statesman ⓘ
burialPlace	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1721-04-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1793-07-23 ⓘ
education	self-taught in law ⓘ
familyName	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: Sherman
fieldOfWork	jurisprudence ⓘ law ⓘ politics ⓘ
givenName	Roger ⓘ
knownFor	signing the Articles of Confederation ⓘ signing the Continental Association ⓘ signing the United States Constitution ⓘ signing the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
memberOf	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation Congress Second Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Continental Congress United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
notableAchievement	only person to sign all four major American founding documents ⓘ
notableWork	Great Compromise ⓘ surface form: Sherman Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
numberOfChildren	15 ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ surveyor ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War (political leadership) ⓘ Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia Convention of 1787
placeOfBirth	Newton, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
placeOfDeath	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
positionHeld	Delegate to the Constitutional Convention ⓘ Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut ⓘ Justice of the peace in Connecticut ⓘ Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives ⓘ Member of the Continental Congress ⓘ
proposed	Great Compromise ⓘ surface form: Connecticut Compromise
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
residence	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ New Milford, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Hartwell ⓘ Rebecca Prescott ⓘ
workLocation	Connecticut ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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American Declaration of Independence → committeeMember → Roger Sherman ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence

American Declaration of Independence → signer → Roger Sherman ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence

Second Continental Congress → member → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Framers of the United States Constitution → notableMember → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Committee of Five → hasMember → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Constitutional Convention → keyDelegate → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Great Compromise → significantParticipant → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut → hasNotableBurial → Roger Sherman ⓘ

subject surface form: Grove Street Cemetery

New Milford, Connecticut → formerResident → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Sherman, Connecticut, United States → namedAfter → Roger Sherman ⓘ

subject surface form: Sherman, Connecticut

Grove Street Cemetery → hasBurial → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Elizabeth Hartwell → spouse → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Philadelphia Convention → keyDelegate → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Roger Sherman Loomis → relative → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Continental Congress → hasMember → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Rebecca Prescott → spouse → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Rebecca Prescott → hasChildWith → Roger Sherman ⓘ

United States Founding Fathers → includes → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Sherman, Connecticut → namedAfter → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Sherman Compromise → namedAfter → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Sherman Compromise → proposedBy → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Roger Sherman Baldwin → grandfather → Roger Sherman ⓘ

Roger Sherman Baldwin → hasAncestor → Roger Sherman ⓘ