Philip Key (U.S. politician)

Philip Key (1750 January 4, 1820) was an American congressional representative from Maryland.

Philip Key
Born1750 
St. Mary's County 
DiedJanuary 4, 1820  (aged 69–70)
St. Mary's County 
Occupation

Key was the son of Dr. John Key and was probably born on his father's estate near Leonardtown, Maryland. His father died in 1755, leaving his grandfather and later his uncles to act as his guardians.[1] He pursued an academic course in England. Key eventually returned to Maryland and engaged in farming, he then began to study law and was later admitted to the bar and practiced.

Key served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1773, he then became a member of the committee of correspondence for St. Mary's County, in 1774. He again served as a member of the House of Delegates during 1779–1790. Key was then elected to the Second Congress, and represented the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from March 4, 1791 March 3, 1793. Key then returned to the House of Delegates in 1795 and 1796 where he served as speaker.

Key died in Chaptico, Maryland, and is likely interred in the churchyard there.

Key is also the cousin of Philip Barton Key and great-grandfather of Barnes Compton.

References

  1. Edward C. Papenfuse; et al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789. 426. p. 508.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Michael J. Stone
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 1st congressional district

1791–1793
Succeeded by
George Dent
Political offices
Preceded by
Matthew Tilghman
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
1795–1796
Succeeded by
James Carroll


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