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|birth_date=September 2, 1804

|birth_date=September 2, 1804

|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

|office=Louisiana State Representative for Lafourche Parish

|office=Louisiana State Representative for Lafourche Parish

|term_start=Date unspecified

|term_start=Date unspecified

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|spouse=(1) Maria Brent Sewall Key (died 1831)<br>

|spouse=(1) Maria Brent Sewall Key (died 1831)<br>

|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}

|parents=Philip and Ann Plater Key}}

'''Philip Barton Key, Jr.''' (September 2, 1804 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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/> 

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