Francis Scott Key Net Worth is
$1.9 Million

Mini Biography

Francis Scott Essential was created to Ann Phoebe Penn Dogworthy and Captain Adam Ross Key on the family members plantation Terra Rubra on August 1, 1779 in Frederick, Maryland. His dad was an attorney, judge, and official in the Continental Military and his great grandparents Philip Essential and Susanna Barton Gardiner where both blessed in Britain and immigrated to America in 1726. Francis graduated from St. John’s University in Annapolis in 1796. Through the Battle of 1812 Essential was up to speed the British dispatch HMS Tomnant; he observed the bombarding of Fort McHenry through the Fight of Baltimore on the night time of Sept 13-14, 1814. When the smoke cigarettes cleared Francis noticed an American flag still waving and was motivated to create the poem “The Protection of Fort McHenry.” This poem was initially released in the Patriot on Sept 20, 1814. It had been subsequently arranged to the melody of composer John Stafford Smith’s structure “To Anacreon in Heaven” and has truly gone on to end up being internationally referred to as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “The Star-Spangled Banner” was followed as the American anthem by Leader Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and additional confirmed therefore with a Congressional quality signed by Leader Herbert Hoover in 1931. Furthermore, the stanza “In God is normally Our Trust” was followed as the nationwide motto for legal reasons in 1956. From 1817 to 1843 Essential offered as the Vice Leader from the American Bible Culture. In 1832 he offered as the lawyer for Congressman Sam Houston during his trial in the U.S. Home of Staff for assaulting another Congressman. Francis released a prose function entitled “THE ENERGY of Literature and its own Connection to Religious beliefs” in 1834. In 1835 Francis prosecuted Richard Lawrence for his unsuccessful attempt at assassinating Leader Andrew Jackson. He was wedded to Mary “Polly” Tayloe Lloyd and was the daddy of nine kids. Key passed away of pleurisy at age group 63 on January 11, 1843 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Francis Scott Key
Died	January 11, 1843, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Profession	Lawyer, Poet, Author
Education	St. John's College
Nationality	American
Children	Philip Barton Key, Philip Barton Key II, Elizabeth Howard
Parents	John Ross Key, Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy
Siblings	Anne Arnold Phoebe Charlton Key, John Alfred Key