Historedia
Person

Roger Sherman

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1776–1789

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Roger Sherman, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Appointment of Committee of Five

    1776

    Role: Committee member

    1. June 11, 1776 · Pennsylvania State House, PhiladelphiaAppointment of the Committee of Five

      The Second Continental Congress appointed a five-member committee on June 11, 1776, to draft a declaration of independence.

  2. US House of Representatives Adopts Bill of Rights Proposal

    1789

    Role: Connecticut representative who persuaded the House to place the amendments at the Constitution's end

    1. 21 July 1789 · United States House of RepresentativesHouse agrees to consider amendments as full body

      After initially forwarding the amendments to a select committee, the House agreed on 21 July 1789 to take up Madison's proposal as a full body.

    2. 21 July – 24 August 1789 · United States House of RepresentativesHouse debates and revises the amendments

      The eleven-member select committee significantly changed Madison's nine amendments, and the House debated the revised proposals for eleven days.

    3. 24 August 1789 · United States House of RepresentativesRevised amendments forwarded to Senate

      On 24 August 1789 the House approved seventeen amendments, revised and condensed from twenty, and forwarded them to the Senate.

Sources

  1. Committee of Five Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
  2. United States Bill of Rights Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06