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Roger Sherman

1721 - 1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. Representing Connecticut, he is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut, despite a lack of formal education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Roger Sherman is the 13,118th most popular politician (up from 13,440th in 2024), the 5,756th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,675th in 2019) and the 469th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roger Sherman ranks 13,119 out of 19,576. Before him are Claudia Marcella Minor, John of Nikiû, Terence O'Neill, Ioannis Grivas, Wilhelm Solf, Moshoeshoe I, and Winthrop Rockefeller. After him are Imyremeshaw, Ashur-bel-kala, David A. Granger, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Roger Sherman ranks 18. Before him are Samuel von Brukenthal, Joseph de Guignes, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Anna Dorothea Therbusch, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Francesco Sabatini. After him are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, William Robertson, Benjamin Wilson, Mark Akenside, Peyton Randolph, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1793, Roger Sherman ranks 44. Before him are Karl Philipp Moritz, William Hudson, Leopold Hofmann, Charles de Bonchamps, Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Carl Gustaf Pilo. After him are Katsukawa Shunshō, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Peter Perez Burdett, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, William Robertson, and Gilbert White.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Sherman ranks 5,756 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Colombo (1923), John Terry (1950), Marcus Miller (1959), Henry Adams (1838), Dutch Mantel (1949), and Winthrop Rockefeller (1912). After him are Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Dean Jagger (1903), William Rehnquist (1924), Joe Haldeman (1943), Charles Starkweather (1938), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roger Sherman ranks 469. Before him are Sarah Sanders (1982), Tom Perez (1961), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Frank Carlucci (1930), Walter Isaacson (1952), and Winthrop Rockefeller (1912). After him are George Andrew Reisner (1867), Gina Raimondo (1971), Emily Donelson (1807), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Dianne Feinstein (1933), and Ambrose Burnside (1824).

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