Research Paper On Roger Sherman

From 1755 through 1761, Roger Sherman held numerous political offices, including serving in the Connecticut General Assembly and serving in the positions of justice of the peace and county judge. In 1761, he moved from New Milford to New Haven, Connecticut. There he ran two stores and became involved with Yale College where he held the post of treasurer from 1765 to 1776. Three years after his wife Elizabeth died, he married Rebecca Prescott in 1763. The couple had eight children. Two of their children died in infancy. Did you know Roger Sherman died of some type of disease called typhoid?

Sherman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served from 1789-1791. When a Connecticut colleague in the Senate