Elias Keyes
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Elias Keyes was a United States Representative from Vermont
. He was born in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
. He attended the common schools and later studied law
. He moved to Stockbridge, Vermont
in 1785.
Keyes served in the Vermont House of Representatives
1793–1796, 1798–1802, 1818, 1820, and 1823–1825. He was a member of the Governor’s council 1803–1813 and 1815–1817. He was also a member of the state constitutional convention in 1814 and an assistant judge of the Windsor County Court 1803–1814 and judge 1815–1818. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He died in Stockbridge in 1844 and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. He was born in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
Windham County, Connecticut
Windham County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2010, the population was 118,428.The entire county is within the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, as designated by the National Park Service.-History:Windham...
. He attended the common schools and later studied law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
. He moved to Stockbridge, Vermont
Stockbridge, Vermont
Stockbridge is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 674 at the 2000 census.Stockbridge was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.-Geography:...
in 1785.
Keyes served in the Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...
1793–1796, 1798–1802, 1818, 1820, and 1823–1825. He was a member of the Governor’s council 1803–1813 and 1815–1817. He was also a member of the state constitutional convention in 1814 and an assistant judge of the Windsor County Court 1803–1814 and judge 1815–1818. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He died in Stockbridge in 1844 and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery.