Christopher Shays, the former Republican congressman representing Connecticut's Fourth District, was born in Darien ( and now lives in Bridgeport ).

Shays served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, representing part of Stamford ( he has since moved to Bridgeport ).

Shays carried all but three towns in his district — Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford.

Shays was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Margaret " Peggy " ( née Oliver ) and Thurston Crane Shays.

In 2006, Shays was in " the fight of his political life ", facing a strong challenge for re-election from former Westport First Selectwoman Diane Farrell, who had held him to only 52 percent of the vote in 2004.

According to U. S. News & World Report, " With money pouring in from the district and from national groups ( Farrell expects to raise close to $ 3 million, Shays a bit less ) and unregulated political interest groups targeting Shays with automated calls and negative telemarketing designed as polls, this one already has the odor of ugly.

" According to the U. S. News report, Farrell says that, in 2002, Shays voted in support of Bush's post-9 / 11 agenda 80 % of the time, but other analyses of his voting record revealed that historically he voted more often with liberals.

Despite the strong challenge from Farrell, Shays was re-elected to Congress in the 2006 election by a slim margin of 6, 645 votes ( 3 %).

However, in an interview with the New York Times Shays recently said he would support McMahon in the general election, stating " her financial resources ultimately trumped the experience we bring to the table .”

After " The Return of Sam McCloud " she went on to play her most acclaimed role, Rosalind Shays in " L. A. Law ", for which she earned two Emmy nominations.

Muldaur subsequently earned two Emmy nominations for her role as pushy and power-hungry lawyer Rosalind Shays on L. A. Law.

" In her final scene, the character of Rosalind Shays steps into the empty shaft ( expecting an elevator car when the doors open ) and falls to her death.

Allen was also approached by Daniel Shays in 1786 for support in what became the Shays ' Rebellion in western Massachusetts.

He was unsupportive of the cause, in spite of Shays ' offer to crown him " king of Massachusetts "; he felt that Shays was just trying to erase unpayable debts.

They considered it to be bad that there was no effective federal military crackdown to an armed tax rebellion in western Massachusetts known as Shays ' Rebellion.

The Responsible Education About Life Act was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg ( D-NJ ) and Representatives Barbara Lee ( D-CA ) and Christopher Shays ( R-CT ) to support age-appropriate sexual education.

Sheffield was also the site of the bloodiest ( and last ) battle on February 27, 1787, during Shays ' Rebellion.

Shays ' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787.

Originally a much larger town, rectangular in shape ( except for a small extension southward taking up part of the modern area of Knight's Corner ) and extending eastward to the top of Prescott Hill ( where Daniel Shays once lived ), the land east of the West Branch of the Swift River was annexed by the town of Prescott in the latter half of the nineteenth centuries ( maps made in 1855 and 1862 both show this land still belonging to Pelham ).

Pelham lies along U. S. Route 202, which was rerouted due to the Quabbin Reservoir project along the Daniel Shays Highway through town.

On February 4, 1787, it was the site of the second battle of Shays ' Rebellion.

Shays ' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787.

The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders.

Shays was a poor farmhand from Massachusetts when the Revolution broke out ; he joined the Continental Army, saw action at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill and Saratoga, and was eventually wounded in action.

* Daniel Shays, leader of Shays's Rebellion ( 1786 ), was buried in Springwater upon his death in 1825.

He was Massachusetts Attorney General from 1777 to 1790 and prosecuted the treason trials following Shays ' Rebellion.

Daniel Shays ( c. 1747 – September 29, 1825 ) was an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer famous for being one of the leaders of Shays ' Rebellion, a populist uprising against oppressive debt collection and tax policies in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787.

Daniel Shays was born in 1747 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of two Irish immigrants, Patrick and Margaret ( Dempsey ) Shays.

In 1780, Shays was presented with an ornamental sword by General Lafayette, in honor of his military service.

Shays, who had participated in the Northampton action, began to take a more active leadership role in the uprising in November.

U. S. News & World Report said that analysis of Shays ' voting record reveals that he is a moderate, having voted historically more often with liberals than with conservatives, although it noted he voted with Congressional Republicans 80 % of the time in 2002.

That same day, he told other reporters, " I totally support the war ," and Shays supported the President ’ s decision to deploy more than 20, 000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq on February 17, 2007, when he voted in favor of the surge.

From 1988 to 2002, Shays was reelected fairly handily, never dropping below 57 percent of the vote even as the 4th turned more Democratic at the national level.

Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.

Shays was a candidate for the 2012 Republican U. S. Senate nomination to replace retiring Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman.

Shays is labeled by his supporters as a " maverick " and " independent thinker ", while conservative detractors regard him as a RINO (" Republican In Name Only ").

His comments in 2005 made Shays the first Republican to say DeLay should step down from the Majority Leader post.

Shays stated that he should resign, saying, " Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party, is hurting this Republican majority and it is hurting any Republican who is up for re-election.

Shays is a member of or supported by the Republican Main Street Partnership, The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans for Environmental Protection, It's My Party Too, and the Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.

Upon returning from an August 2006 Iraq trip, Shays became the first Congressional Republican to call for a timetable for withdrawal of U. S. troops from Iraq.

After the defeats of Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons, Shays was the only Republican congressman from Connecticut, and the only Republican congressman from all of New England.

In 2009, alongside with former Congressman Chris Shays from Connecticut, Edwards criticized the Republican Party for neglecting what they characterized as the constitutional abuses perpetrated by the George W. Bush administration.