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|birth_place=[[Washington, D.C.]]
|birth_place=[[Washington, D.C.]]
|death_date=May 4, 1854
|death_date=May 4, 1854
|death_place=Acadia Plantation<br>
|death_place=Acadia Plantation
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|resting_place=St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux
|resting_place=St. Joseph's Church Cemetery in Thibodaux
|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}
|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}
'''Philip Barton Key, Jr.''' (September 2, 1804 – May 4, 1854), was an ante=bellum planter in [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives. He was a cousin of his mentor, [[Francis Scott Key]].
'''Philip Barton Key, Jr.''' (September 2, 1804 – May 4, 1854), was an ante-bellum planter in [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives. He was a cousin of his mentor, [[Francis Scott Key]], the author of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]."
Key was born in the Georgetown section of [[Washington, D.C.]], a son of the senior Philip Barton Key (1757-1815), a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Maryland]] and later, briefly, a United States District Court judge. His mother was the former Ann Plater (1774-1834), a daughter of [[Governor]] George Plater of Maryland. He studied law under his cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was twice married; his first wife, the former Maria Brent Sewall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, died in 1831. He then married his sister-in-law, the former Maria Laura Sewall (1812-1890) of St. Mary County, Maryland, by whom he had ten children.<ref name=bio/>
Key was born in the Georgetown section of [[Washington, D.C.]], a son of the senior Philip Barton Key (1757-1815), a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Maryland]] and later, briefly, a United States District Court judge. His mother was the former Ann Plater (1774-1834), a daughter of [[Governor]] George Plater of Maryland. He studied law under his cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was twice married; his first wife, the former Maria Brent Sewall of Prince Georges County, Maryland, died in 1831. He then married his sister-in-law, the former Maria Laura Sewall (1812-1890) of St. Mary County, Maryland, by whom he had ten children.<ref name=bio/>