F. Ray Keyser Jr. wurde am 17 August 1927 in Chelsea, Vermont, USA geboren. Er war mit Joan F. Friedgen verheiratet. Er starb am 7 März 2015 in Brandon, Vermont, USA.
Former Republican governor of Vermont whose 1962 defeat by a Democrat is seen as a turning point in the state's transition from one of the most conservative in the country to one of the most liberal, ending 108 years of Republican control of the Vermont governor's office.