Roger+Sherman

Christine Repetto
 * Delegate: Roger Sherman**

** Roger Sherman & His Role at the Constitutional Convention **  //"The only real security that you can have for all your important rights must be in the nature of your government." -Roger Sherman//

 Important Background Information:

**__On the Constitutional Convention:__** >The Constitutional Convention took place on May 25th, 1787 in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania. Delegates coming from almost every state met in the Pennsylvania State House. The main goal of this was to create a constitution that would serve as guidelines that help to create and maintain a strong government in the United States of America.

>Roger Sherman was born on April 19th, 1721. Growing up, Roger had an average upbringing with a library in his house as well as a grammar school which he attended when it was built at the age of 13. Generally, his education was minimal as he often spent time helping his father with chores on his farm. Roger also learned how to be a cobbler, a skill that he picked up off of his father after working alongside him over the years. After Rogers father died, he moved to Connecticut to live with his brother. Before the Constitutional Convention took place, Sherman was the associate judge of the Connecticut Superior Court, a position that he had moved up to from being a justice of peace and county judge. After being the associate judge for awhile he was invited to the Constitutional Convention where he represented the state of Connecticut. Sadly, Roger Sherman passed away on July 23rd, 1793.
 * __ On Roger Sherman: __**

>Roger Sherman arrived at the Constitutional Convention on May 30th. Sherman was one of the most productive representatives for Connecticut. One role that he had was helping in the drafting of the New Jersey Plan. Another thing that Roger Sherman is known for is being one of the two people at the Convention who signed all three of the documents signed during the Convention. Roger Sherman’s attendance was also pretty good as he arrived at the end of May and only missed a few days during June. Another important thing to remember about Sherman is that he was niether of the Republican or Democratic parties. His decision to be in the middle led to his unbias opinion during the Constitutional Convention. One of Roger Shermans major opinions at the Constitutional Convention was against slavery in the United States. At the Constitutional Convention, Roger was known as a "peacemaker" to some as he tried to help clear up conflicts between the big and small state parties. In fact, his help with so nessecery in order to solve conflicts to allow for equal representation that him and the 2 other representatives success to do so was known as the "Connecticut Compromise." He also helped to convince people to be for the Constitution by being a part of a series of newpapers to help people understand the importance of The Constitution. 


 * Roger Sherman's Attendence Record at The Constitutional Convention: **


 * ||  || ** Present ** ||   || ** Absent ** ||   || ** Do Not Know ** ||   ||   ||   || ** Absent ** ||


 * ** Act 1 ** ||  || 12 ||   || 4 ||   || - ||   || 5 ||   || - ||


 * ** Act 2 ** ||  || 18 ||   || 8 ||   || - ||   || 6 ||   || - ||




 * ** Act 4 ** ||  || 13 ||   || - ||   || - ||   || 1 ||   || - ||


 * ** Totals ** ||  || 65 ||   || 13 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * = ** % ** ||=  ||= ** 73% ** ||=   ||= ** 15% ** ||=   ||= ** 0% ** ||=   ||= ** 12% ** ||=   ||= ** 0% ** ||

During the Constitutional Convention, Roger Sherman had a very good overall attendance record. He attended 65 for certain and only missed 13. A majority of the days that Sherman was not there were days in the beginning. What counts is that Roger Sherman had a very good attendence record in the second half of the Convention, more specifically, Acts 3 and 4.