Elias Keyes

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Field	Value
name	Elias Keyes
image
resting_place	Stockbridge's Maplewood Cemetery
order1	Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's 4th district
term_start1	March 4, 1821
term_end1	March 3, 1823
predecessor1	William Strong
successor1	Daniel Azro Ashley Buck
office2	Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
term2	1793–1796
1798–1802
1818
1820
1823–1825
birth_date
birth_place	Ashford, Connecticut Colony, British America
death_date
death_place	Stockbridge, Vermont, U.S.
state	Vermont
profession	Politician, Judge
party	Democratic-Republican
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| name= Elias Keyes | image= | jr/sr= | term_start= | term_end= | preceded= | resting_place = Stockbridge's Maplewood Cemetery | order1= Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 4th district | term_start1= March 4, 1821 | term_end1= March 3, 1823 | predecessor1= William Strong | successor1= Daniel Azro Ashley Buck | office2= Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | term2= 1793–1796 1798–1802 1818 1820 1823–1825 | birth_date= | birth_place= Ashford, Connecticut Colony, British America | death_date= | death_place= Stockbridge, Vermont, U.S. | state= Vermont | spouse= | children = | profession= Politician, Judge | religion= | alma_mater= | party = Democratic-Republican Elias Keyes (April 14, 1758July 9, 1844) was an American politician and judge. He served one term as a U.S. representative from Vermont from 1821 to 1823.

Biography

Keyes was born in Ashford in the Connecticut Colony. He attended the common schools and later read law.

Revolutionary War

Keyes enlisted in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and rose to the rank of sergeant major.

In 1780 he moved to Barnard, Vermont. In 1785, he accepted an offer of 400 acres for whoever constructed the first gristmill and sawmill in Stockbridge, Vermont, and he was one of the town's first settlers.

Political career

Keyes served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1793 until 1796, 1798 until 1802, 1818, 1820 and 1823 until 1825.

He was a member of the Governor's council from 1805 until 1813 and from 1815 until 1817. In 1814 Keyes was a member of the Vermont state constitutional convention. From 1803 until 1814 he served as assistant judge of the Windsor County, Vermont Court, and from 1815 until 1818 he served as judge of Windsor County.

Keyes was elected a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1821 until March 3, 1823.

Later career

Business reverses and debts after his term in Congress caused Keyes to move to Norfolk, New York. He later returned to Stockbridge and was able to restart his gristmill and sawmill.

Death and burial

He died in Stockbridge on July 9, 1844, and was interred in Stockbridge's Maplewood Cemetery.

References

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References

1. (1884). "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84". The Journal Office.
2. "About Stockbridge". Ancestry.com.
3. "Stockbridge Vermont". Vermont County.
4. Vermont, Eliakim Persons Walton, Vermont. Conventions, Vermont. Council of Safety, Vermont. Governor, Vermont. Supreme Executive Council, Vermont. Board of War, 1779-1783. (1876). "Records of the governor and Council of the state of Vermont". Steam press of J. & J.M. Poland.
5. "Congressional Biography, Elias Keyes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
6. (1876). "Vermont: Records of the governor and Council of the state of Vermont". J & J M Poland.
7. "Stockbridge Vermont". Vermont County.
8. Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives. (1810). "Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont". Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
9. "Rep. Elias Keyes". Govtrack.us.

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