Perley Keyes
Perley Keyes was an American politician from New York.Life
He was the son of Capt. William Keyes and Hannah Keyes. On November 20, 1796, he married Lorinda White, and they had three children. They moved to Rutland, New York in 1800.
Keyes was an associate judge of the Jefferson County Court in 1807, and Sheriff of Jefferson County from 1808 to 1812.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1814 to 1815, sitting in the 37th and 38th; and from 1816 to 1817, sitting in the 39th and 40th New York State Legislatures. While in the Senate, Keyes was nominated on November 18, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 1814, as Collector of Customs at Sackett's Harbor. He was also a member of the Council of Appointment in 1816.
He was again a member of the State Senate from 1824 to 1827, sitting in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th New York State Legislatures.
Upon Keyes' death, his political understudy Orville Hungerford took over the Democratic Party in Jefferson County, New York.
