This early American patriot was not known as an eloquent speaker, but Thomas Jefferson once said that he was “a man who never said a foolish thing in his life.”
Although he received little recognition during his life, Roger Sherman would become known as the only Founding Father to sign four key documents of our founding—the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
Born in Massachusetts, Sherman moved his family and launched his legal career in Connecticut. Sherman received no formal schooling but educated himself from the books in his father’s library. He passed the bar in 1754 and held several positions in local government, including town clerk and county surveyor….