Henry W. Keyes | |
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.jpg) Keyes in 1905 | |
| United States Senator from New Hampshire | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Henry F. Hollis |
| Succeeded by | Styles Bridges |
| 56th Governor of New Hampshire | |
| In office January 2, 1917 – January 6, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Rolland H. Spaulding |
| Succeeded by | John H. Bartlett |
| Member of theNew Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1903–1905 | |
| Member of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1891–1895 1915–1917 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1863-05-23)May 23, 1863 Newbury, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 1938(1938-06-19) (aged 75) Haverhill, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
Henry Wilder Keyes (/ˈkaɪz/;[1] May 23, 1863 – June 19, 1938) was an AmericanRepublican politician fromHaverhill, New Hampshire. He served as the 56thgovernor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919 and as a United States senator.
Keyes was born inNewbury, Vermont, on May 23, 1863. He was raised in New Hampshire, and his father was a prominent farmer, merchant, and railroad investor. Keyes graduated fromAdams Academy, and then attendedHarvard University, from which he graduated in 1887. He was a farmer and cattle breeder, and initiated raising of theHolstein-Friesian breed in the United States. He was also a founder of theWoodsville National Bank, and served as its president.[2]
Keyes served in theNew Hampshire House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He served in theNew Hampshire State Senate from 1903 to 1905. He was treasurer of the State license commission from 1903 to 1915, and chairman of the State excise commission from 1915 to 1917. from 1915 to 1917 he served again in the state House of Representatives.[3]
In 1916 he was electedGovernor of New Hampshire, and he served one term, 1917 to 1919.[4]
Keyes ran successfully for theUnited States Senate in 1918. He was reelected in 1924 and 1930 and served from March 4, 1919, to January 3, 1937. He did not seek another term in the 1936 election.[3] As a senator, he was noted for not speaking on the floor, even nodding or shaking his head to vote "aye" or "nay." The one exception was his motion to adjourn during a long winded speech by Senate Finance Committee ChairmanPat Harrison.[5]
During his Senate career, Keyes served as chairman of: the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-sixth Congress); Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses); and Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses).[6]
In 1904, Keyes marriedFrances Parkinson Wheeler, who as Frances Parkinson Keyes became a prolific author.[4] He was forty, she was eighteen. They had three sons together—Henry Wilder Keyes, Jr., John Parkinson Keyes, and Francis Keyes.
Keyes died on June 19, 1938, inNorth Haverhill, New Hampshire, and is buried at the Oxbow Cemetery in Newbury, Vermont.
He was the recipient of anhonorary degree of Master of Arts fromDartmouth College and was also as honorary Bachelor of Science andLL.D. of theNew Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now theUniversity of New Hampshire).
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forGovernor of New Hampshire 1916 | Succeeded by |
| First | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromNew Hampshire (Class 2) 1918,1924,1930 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Governor of New Hampshire 1917–1919 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | United States Senator from New Hampshire 1919–1937 | Succeeded by |
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