John A. Key

John Alexander Key (December 30, 1871 – March 4, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

John Alexander Key
Key in Washington, D.C. (1914)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1913  March 3, 1915
Preceded byCarl C. Anderson
Succeeded byArthur W. Overmyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1915  March 3, 1919
Preceded byFrank B. Willis
Succeeded byR. Clint Cole
Personal details
Born(1871-12-30)December 30, 1871
Marion, Ohio
DiedMarch 4, 1954(1954-03-04) (aged 82)
Marion, Ohio
Resting placeMarion Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic

Born in Marion, Ohio, Key attended the public schools. He learned the printer's trade. He was a city letter carrier from 1897 to 1903. He was Recorder of Marion County from 1903 to 1908. He was Secretary to Representative Carl C. Anderson, of Ohio from 1908 to 1912.

Key was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919). He served as chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. He engaged in the petroleum industry. He served as inspector of Federal prisons from 1934 until his retirement in 1941.

He died in Marion, Ohio, March 4, 1954. He was interred in Marion Cemetery.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "John A. Key (id: K000157)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Carl C. Anderson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 13th congressional district

1913-1915
Succeeded by
Arthur W. Overmyer
Preceded by
Frank B. Willis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 8th congressional district

1915-1919
Succeeded by
R. Clint Cole


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