Philip Barton Key

Judge Philip Barton Key

Personal

Birthday:

4/12/1757

Birthplace:

near Charlestown, MD

Date of Death:

7/28/1815

Place of Death:

Georgetown, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Fought with the British Army in the Revolutionary War, 1777-1781
Private practice, Leonardtown, Maryland, 1787-1790
Private practice, Annapolis, Maryland, 1790-1794, 1799-1800
State delegate, Maryland, 1794-1799
Private practice, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1802-1807
Counsel, Hon. Samuel Chase, Supreme Court of the United States, during Senate impeachment trial, 1805
U.S. representative from Maryland, 1807-1813
Private practice, Georgetown, D.C., 1813-1815

Education

Name of School:

Middle Temple, London, England

Degree Year:

1784

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1785

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit

President Nominating:

John Adams

Party Affiliation of President:

Federalist

Commission Date:

02/20/1801

Termination Date:

07/01/1802

Termination Reason:

Abolition of Court