Roger Sherman Delegate Research
By: Maddy Koppelman
What state did he represent?
Connecticut
Constitutional Convention Role
One of two delegates who signed all three of the nation's documents
Feelings in Major Issues
He did not like the Virginia plan, where the amount of representatives for the state depended on the population. Roger Sherman believed that the people should not have too much democracy.
Let us live no more to ourselves,
but to Him who loved us,
and gave Himself to die for us.
-Roger Sherman
Interesting Fact
Sherman led effort to rebuild the “Great Bridge” over the Housatonic River, which was carried away by the flood of 1755