Mike Castle, Mike Ferguson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Chris Shays. Himes defeated longtime Republican incumbent Chris Shays in the November 2008 election. Reps. Barney Frank, Chris Shays, Tammy Baldwin, and Deborah Pryce introduced on April 24, 2007. Economists call such products "one-hoss shays" (Oliver Wendel Holmes poem). Christopher Hunter Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. This triggered Shays Rebellion to stop tax collectors and close the courts. The first was called "David Clayton Thomas and The Fabulous Shays". When Shays and his forces neared the armory, they found Shepard's militia waiting for them. Eighteen men, including Shays, were convicted and sentenced to death.