James Perry Platt

American judge (1851–1913)

James Perry Platt (March 31, 1851 – January 26, 1913) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut .

Education and career

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Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania , to Senator Orville H. Platt , he received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1873 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1875. He was in private practice in Meriden , Connecticut from 1875 to 1902. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1878 to 1879. He was city attorney of Meriden from 1879 to 1893. He was a Judge of the Meriden City Court from 1893 to 1902.

Federal judicial service

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Platt was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 18, 1902, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by William Kneeland Townsend . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 28, 1902, and received his commission the same day. Platt served in that capacity until his death on January 26, 1913.

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1. ↑ Miles Merwin, 1623-1697, and One Branch of His Descendants, Caroline Gaylord Newton, 1909, p. 191-20

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   James Perry Platt at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

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• James Perry Platt at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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