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Philip Barton Key II

American lawyer

Died when: 40 years 328 days (490 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Philip Barton Key II

Philip Barton Key II (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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