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- Sherman, Roger (1721-1793)
Grandfather of Roger Sherman Baldwin and William Maxwell Evarts.
Born in Newton, Mass., April 19, 1721.
Member of Connecticut State Senate, 1766; State Court Judge, 1766; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-1781, 1783-1784; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; Mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1784-1793; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-1791; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1791-1793.
Died in New Haven, Conn., July 23, 1793. Internment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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