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Roger Sherman, (born April 19, 1721, Newton, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died July 23, 1793, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.), American politician whose plan for representation of large and small states prevented a deadlock at the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. After learning shoemaking, Sherman moved to Connecticut in 1743, joining a brother there two years after his father had died, and became surveyor of New Haven county. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1754. He held…

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