Philip Barton Key II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Philip Barton Key II

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1818

Place of Birth: Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1859

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Philip Barton Key II

  • Philip Barton Key (April 5, 1818 – February 27, 1859) was an American lawyer who served as U.S.
  • 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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