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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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SHAYS, Christopher H., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October 18, 1945; graduated Darien High School, Darien, Conn.,
1964; B.A., Principia College, Elsah, Ill., 1968; M.B.A., New York University,
New York, N.Y., 1974; M.P.A., New York University, New York, N.Y., 1978; Peace
Corps, 1968-1970; executive aide to Trumbull, Conn., first selectman Larry
Heimann, 1971-1972; member of the Connecticut state house of representatives,
1975-1987; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth Congress by special
election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States
Representative Stewart B. McKinney and reelected to the ten succeeding
Congresses (August 18, 1987-January 3, 2009); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; unsuccessful candidate
for nomination to the United States Senate in 2012.
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