Thomas C. Platt

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Thomas C. Platt

Quill platform ID: p15790.

(July 15, 1833 — March 6, 1910) Thomas Collier Platt was successful businessman and politician. Platt was born in Oswego, New York in 1833. He attended Yale College from 1849 to 1850, after which he worked as a druggist for the next twenty years. Later in his career, Platt engaged in the lumbering industry and became president of a national bank. During his political career, he served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. In 1881, he was elected to serve in the Senate, but he only served for two months before he resigned due to a disagreement with the President of the United States over federal appointments. After resigning from the Senate, Platt acted as the director of the United States Express Company, and eventually became president in 1880. He was elected again to the United States Senate in 1896 and served from March, 1897 to March, 1909. Platt passed away in New York City on March 6, 1910. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000383]

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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