List of United States Political Families (C) - The Comptons and Keys

The Comptons and Keys

  • Philip Key (1750–1820), Maryland House Delegate 1773 1779-1790 1795-1796, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1791-1793. Cousin of Philip Barton Key.
  • Philip Barton Key (1757–1815), Maryland House Delegate 1794-1799, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland 1797-1798; U.S. Representative from Maryland 1807-1813. Cousin of Philip Key.
    • Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), U.S. District Attorney of District of Columbia 1833-1841. Nephew of Philip Barton Key.
    • Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770–1817), Maryland House Delegate 1796-1798, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1799-1806, Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals 1806-1817. Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key.
    • Roger B. Taney (1777–1864), Maryland House Delegate 1799, Maryland State Senator 1816-1820, Attorney General of Maryland 1827-1831, Attorney General of the United States 1831-1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1833-1834, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1836-1864. Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key.
      • Philip Barton Key II (1818–1859), U.S. District Attorney of District of Columbia 1853-1859. Son of Francis Scott Key.
      • George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), Ohio State Senator 1854, U.S. Representative from Ohio 1857-1865, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1864, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1864, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1868, candidate for Governor of Ohio 1869, U.S. Senator from Ohio 1879-1885, U.S. Minister to Germany 1885-1889. Son-in-law of Francis Scott Key.
        • Barnes Compton (1830–1898), Maryland House Delegate 1860-1861, Maryland State Senator 1867-1868 1870 1872, Treasurer of Maryland 1874-1885, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1885-1889 1891-1894. Great-grandson of Philip Key.

NOTE: George Hunt Pendleton was also son of U.S. Representative Nathanael Greene Pendleton.

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