Philip Barton Key

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Philip Barton Key

Philip Barton Key (born April 12, 1757 in Charlestown , Cecil County , Province of Maryland , †  July 28, 1815 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1807 and 1813 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives ; previously he served as a federal judge .

Career

Philip Barton Key was a cousin of Congressman Philip Key (1750-1820). He was also the uncle of Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), who among other things wrote the text for the American national anthem. Key received an academic education. During the Revolutionary War he fought as a loyalist on the British side. In 1781 he was captured by the Spanish prisoners of war in Florida . After spending a month in a camp in Cuba , he was pardoned. After the war he went to England , where he studied law.

On his return to Maryland in 1785, Key studied American law. In 1787 he was admitted to the bar. He first practiced in Leonardtown and moved to Annapolis in 1790 . At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1794 and 1799 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . In the late 1790s he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Philip Key was a federal judge in the fourth judicial district in 1801 and 1802. Then he worked again as a private lawyer. He also worked in agriculture.

In the congressional elections of 1806 Key was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded Patrick Magruder on March 4, 1807 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1813 . From 1807 to 1809 he chaired the District of Columbia Administration Committee . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Philip Key no longer appeared politically. He died on July 28, 1815 in Georgetown , a borough of Washington, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Key, Philip Barton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH near Charlestown , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1815
Place of death Washington, DC