Roger Sherman

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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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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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
Committee of Five hasMember Roger Sherman
subject surface form: Grove Street Cemetery
Constitutional Convention keyDelegate Roger Sherman
Second Continental Congress member Roger Sherman
subject surface form: United States Declaration of Independence