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Kerrigan, James E

soldier, congressman. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress, leaving his seat for a time to serve as colonel of volunteers in the troubles of 1861.

Kershaw, John

congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1813 to 1815, when he was appointed one of the three commissioners to run the Creek boundary lines.

Ketcham, Isaac A

inventor, was born in 1827, in Huntington, L. I. He planned the first ironclad torpedo boat, which was built by the United States government in 1864. He next invented a device by which an endless cable could be used in adjusting torpedoes or batteries across channel ways for harbor protection.

Ketchum, John B

soldier, poet, was born July 11, 1837, in New York city. He served with distinction through the civil war. In 1806 he aided in the formation of a new organization for the moral, religious and temporal welfare of the troops composing the regular army of the United States; and he has been corresponding secretary of the society since its foundation. Prior to the war he was a successful journalist; and he has recently published a volume of poems.

Ketchum, William Scott

soldier, was born July 7, 1813, in Norfolk, Conn.

During the latter part of the civil war he was connected with the quartermaster's department, and after being brevetted major-general in 1865, he was mustered out of the volunteer service. He died June 28, 1871, in Baltimore, Md.

Ketchum, Winthrop W

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 29, 1820, in Wilkes Barre, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania house of representatives of the state in 1859; and state senator in 1860, 1861, and 1862. He was appointed solicitor of the United States court of claims in 1865; and held the office two years and resigned. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress. He died Dec. 6, 1879, in Pittsburg, Pa.

Kettell, Samuel

journalist, state legislator, author, was born Aug. 5, 1800, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1851- 53. His principal work is Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices, and an historical introduction; besides which he published Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus; and Records of the Spanish Inquisition.

Key, David Mckendree

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 27, 1824, in Greene county, Tenn. He was chancellor of the third chancery division of the state from 1870 to 1875, when he was appointed United States senator to fill a vacancy. He was postmaster-general in the cabinet of President Hayes from 1877 to 1880, when he was appointed United States district judge for the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee.

Key, Francis Scott

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 9, 1780, in Frederick county, Md. He was a lawyer of Washington whose miscellaneous poems were collected and published after his death. He was the author of The Star-Spangled Banner, composed in 1814 during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He died Jan. 11, 1843, in Baltimore, Md.

Key, John Ross

artist, was born July 16, 1837, in Baltimore, Md. He moved to Boston, where he exhibited about one hundred of his pictures, including Marblehead Beach; Ochre Point, Newport; Morning Stroll; and a view of The Golden Gate, San Francisco, for which he received a medal at the Centennial exhibition of 1876.

Key, Philip

agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1750 in St. Mary's county, Md. He served a number of years in the legislature of Maryland, and was for one or two terms speaker. He also rendered some service in the municipal courts of his native county; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1791 to 1793. He died Jan. 4, 1820, in St. Mary's county, Md.