John A. Key Politician

John Alexander Key (December 30, 1871 - March 4, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Marion, Ohio, Key attended the public schools.Learned the printer's trade.City letter carrier 1897-1903.Recorder of Marion County 1903-1908.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.

Personal facts

John A. Key
Birth dateDecember 30, 1871
Birth place
Marion Ohio
Date of deathMarch 04, 1954
Place of death
Marion Ohio

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party
Democratic Party (United States)
region
Ohio
Ohio's 13th congressional district
Ohio's 8th congressional district

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