Which Committee of Five member represented Connecticut?

Roger Sherman represented Connecticut on the Committee of Five that prepared the Declaration of Independence.

Congress appointed the five-member committee on June 11, 1776, while it was considering independence. Its members were John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Sherman of Connecticut. Jefferson produced the main draft, which Congress revised before approving the Declaration on July 4.

Sherman was more than a Declaration committee member. A lawyer and longtime Connecticut politician, he later helped shape the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution. He is the only person who signed the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

A common mix-up is confusing Sherman with Robert Livingston, who represented New York, or with Benjamin Franklin, who represented Pennsylvania. Sherman’s later role in the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention also makes him an important figure in the creation of the federal government.