Henry Keyes was a prominent politician

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 and railroad

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 executive from Vermont

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. He was a state senator and was a candidate for governor of Vermont three times. He also served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

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In 1825 he moved to Newbury, Vermont

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, where he preferred to stay as much as possible. In 1860, Keyes was the chairman of the Vermont delegation for the Democratic National Convention

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Keyes worked on the revitalization of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. He advanced to the presidency of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

 on February 17, 1869. He served in this role until September 24, 1870, when he fell ill with a fever by which he died in ten days.

His son, Henry W. Keyes

Henry W. Keyes

Henry Wilder Keyes was an American farmer, banker, and Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. Born in 1863 in Newbury, Vermont, he was raised in New Hampshire. His father was a prominent New England farmer, merchant, and railroad investor. Keyes graduated from Harvard with a B.A...

 (1862–1938), also participated in New England

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's politics, becoming Governor of New Hampshire

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himself in 1917.