Philip Barton Key II
Deceased Person
1818 – 1859
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Who was Philip Barton Key II?
Philip Barton Key was a United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is most famous for his public affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles, and his eventual murder at the hands of her husband, Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York. Sickles defended himself by adopting a defense of temporary insanity, the first time the defense had been used in the United States.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1818
Georgetown - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 27, 1859
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House - Resting place
- Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
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on July 23, 2013
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