Philip Key (U.S. politician)

Philip Key (* 1750 in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland probable; † 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philip Key grew up during the British colonial period and was trained in the mother country England academically. After his return to Maryland, he worked in agriculture. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In the early 1770s Key to the revolutionary movement followed. 1773 he sat in the House of Representatives of Maryland, where he was also a member 1779-1790. 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 Group ).

In the congressional elections of 1790 Key was elected in the first district of Maryland in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Michael J. Stone on March 4, 1791. Until March 3, 1793, he was able to complete a term in Congress. In 1791, the first ten constitutional amendments were ratified. From 1795 to 1796 Key was a member and President of the State Parliament of Maryland. After that, he is no longer politically have appeared. He died on January 4, 1820 in St. Mary's County.

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