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Name: Roger Sherman
Birth Date: April 19, 1721
Death Date: July 23, 1793
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician

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Biography of Roger Sherman
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Roger Sherman (1721-1793), American patriot, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a formidable voice at the Constitutional Convention. Roger Sherman was born of humble origins. As a youth, he worked as a cordwainer and cobbler on the...


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Roger Sherman (April 19 (O.S.), April 30 (N.S.), 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American lawyer and politician. He served as the first mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, and served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of...


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The American Surgeon
Obituary: In Memory of Roger Talbot Sherman, MD
06/01/2006: 431 words, approx. 1 pages
ROGER TALBOT SHERMAN, MD, 82, of Atlanta passed away on April 9, 2006, at his residence. A widely respected educator in the field of surgery, Dr. Sherman was known for his surgical skills, bedside manner and medical ethics, which he conveyed to thousands of...
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The New American
Sherman's great compromise: Roger Sherman's brilliant proposal saved the 1787 Constitutional Convention from a hopeless deadlock and safeguarded against centralization of power at the federal level.(History--Greatness Of The Founders)
06/28/2004: 2,380 words, approx. 8 pages
The stifling early summer heat in Philadelphia seemed apropos for the increasingly heated debate among the Constitutional Convention delegates. By early June 1787, the convention appeared hopelessly deadlocked. Delegates from the larger states wanted the new Constitution to apportion congressional representation by population,...
 


 

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