Philip Barton Key (u.s. Politician)

Philip Barton Key ( April 12 , 1757 – July 28 , 1815 ) was a Representative from the Third District of Maryland .

Born in Charleston, Cecil County, Maryland , Key pursued an academic course and later served in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War . He was taken prisoner in Florida , then sent to England and eventually released on Parole . He returned to Maryland in 1785.

On his return, Key studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1787. He began practising law in Leonardtown, Maryland before moving to Annapolis in 1790, becoming a member of the Maryland House Of Delegates from 1794 until 1799. He served as Mayor of Annapolis from 1797 to 1798. On February 25, 1801, he was nominated to the Fourth United States Circuit Court .

In the fall of 1806, Key moved to Montgomery County, Maryland and became interested in agriculture. Between March 4, 1807 and March 3, 1813, he was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth , Eleventh and Twelfth U.S. Congresses . He also served as chairman for the Committee On District Of Columbia during the Tenth Congress.

Key died in Georgetown, D.C. in 1815 and was interred on his estate ''Woodley'' there. Later he was reinterred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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