Roger Sherman, The Founder We Missed

He signed all four major American revolutionary documents, helped craft the constitutional structure we still argue about, and yet most people can’t tell you a single detail about him. We’re talking about Roger Sherman, the “forgotten founder that shouldn’t be forgotten,” and we’re making a serious case for bumping him into the Founders’ top tier based on impact, not celebrity. We walk through Sherman’s improbable rise from shoemaker to self-taught lawyer to one of Connecticut’s most i...