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Roger Sherman

Name: Roger Sherman
Uploaded: 2025-06-26T15:44:49+00:00
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Channel: Your Advisor
Description: Monologue by Roger Sherman (of Connecticut) describing his background as a self-taught lawyer, his role in the 1787 Constitutional Convention (Committee…

26 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Monologue by Roger Sherman (of Connecticut) describing his background as a self-taught lawyer, his role in the 1787 Constitutional Convention (Committee of Five and the Connecticut Compromise), and a personal note about raising 15 children and steadfast character. The speaker emphasizes practical learning, public service, and family pride.

Questions this video answers

1754.

15.

1787.

Thomas Jefferson; Ben Franklin; John Adams; Robert Livingston; and the speaker (Roger Sherman).

Chapters

Foreign. I am Roger Sherman of Connecticut, a lawyer by trade and a founder by Providence. I never went to school, but I studied law by candlelight and learned more from practice than from lectures. Without the benefit of a formal legal education, I was admitted to the bar in 1754. My friend Thomas Jefferson rightly gets the credit, Along with Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Robert Livingston, the Committee of Five at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It was the Connecticut Compromise. In the Senate, while population determines votes in the House of Representatives. But my proudest achievement was raising my many children. I had 15 in total. I stood fast when others broke. I did my part. Now you must do yours.