Roger Sherman Signed Four Major US Foundational Documents

Typically, when someone mentions the Founding Fathers of America, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin come to mind. The most founding of the founding fathers, Roger Sherman, should, nevertheless, be the subject of their discussion. Which means he was the only person to sign four of the most important documents relating to the nation's formation.

Sherman signed the Articles of Confederation and the Continental Association, sometimes known as the Articles of Association, while others may have signed the Declaration of Independence or perhaps the Constitution.

Sherman, a real man about town, began his career as a lawyer when another lawyer advised him to simply practice law, went on to become a judge, a Superior Court Justice in Connecticut, and entered politics not long after. Many of the other Founding Fathers reportedly looked up to him, and he devoted much of his life to building the country and defining it.

• Born: April 19, 1721
• Died: July 23, 1793