Philip Key

Philip Key (painting by Charles Willson Peale )

Philip Key (* 1750 probably near Leonardtown , Saint Mary's County , Maryland Province , †  January 4, 1820 in St. Mary's County, Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1791 and 1793 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Key grew up during the British colonial era and received an academic education in motherland England . After returning to Maryland, he worked in agriculture. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. In the early 1770s, Key joined the revolutionary movement. In 1773 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives , which he also belonged to between 1779 and 1790. In 1774 Key was a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Correspondence in Saint Mary's County. In the 1790s he was a supporter of the federal government under President George Washington ( pro-administration faction ).

In the congressional elections of 1790 Key was elected in the first constituency of Maryland in the then still meeting in Philadelphia US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Michael J. Stone on March 4, 1791 . Until March 3, 1793 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . In 1791 the first ten amendments were ratified. From 1795 to 1796 Key was an MP and President of the State Parliament of Maryland. After that, he no longer appeared politically. He died in St. Mary's County on January 4, 1820.

Philip Key was a cousin of Congressman Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) and the great-great-grandfather of Barnes Compton (1830-1898), who also represented the State of Maryland in the US House of Representatives.

Web links

• Philip Key in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Philip Key in the database of Find a Grave (English)