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Philip Barton Key
Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit · 1801
Philip Barton Key , Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit. Philip Barton Key (April 12, 1757 – July 28, 1815), was an American Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and later was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States circuit court for the Fourth Circuit and a United States representative from Maryland.
Education
- Middle Temple, London, England1784
- Read law1785
Career
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
Biography
Philip Barton Key (April 12, 1757 – July 28, 1815), was an American Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and later was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States circuit court for the Fourth Circuit and a United States representative from Maryland.
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