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Roger Sherman was born in Newton, Massachusetts but later moved to a town south of Boston, Stoughton, when he was two. Sherman's education didn't extend past his father's library and grammar school. He loved to learn and was taught by a Harvard educated parish minister. After his father died, he moved with his mother and siblings to New Milford, Connecticut, where he opened the town's first store. He very quickly introduced himself in civil and religious affairs, and became one of the town's leading citizens, eventually becoming town clerk. Sherman was urged by a local lawyer to read for the bar exam, which he was later admitted to in 1754. During his service at the Bar of Litchfield, Connecticut, he wrote A Caveat Against Injustice and was chosen to represent New Milford in the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was later elected to the Governor's Council. In 1762 he was appointed justice of the peace and also treasurer of Yale College. In 1789 he left to become a member of the United States Congress, after which he was elected to be Mayor of New Haven. He was summoned ...

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