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PLATT, Zephaniah,
member of the Continental congress, born in Dutchess county, New York, in 1740;
died in Plattsburg, New York, 12 September, 1807. He received a classical
education, studied law, and practiced.
He was a delegate from New York to the Continental congress
m 1784-'6, and was judge of the circuit court for many years. He was one of the
originators of the Erie canal, and founded the town of Plattsburg.
--His son, Jonas Platt,
jurist, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, 30 June, 1769; died in Peru, Clinton
County, New York, 22 February, 1834, was educated in the public schools,
admitted to the bar in 1790, and the next year settled in Whitesboro, New York.
He was a member of the assembly in 1796, of congress in 1796-1801, and of the
state senate in 1810-'13. He was .an unsuccessful candidate for governor in
1810, a member of the council in 1813, and in 1814-'23 a justice of the New York
supreme court. He then engaged in practice in Utica, and subsequently in New
York city.
--Another son, Zephaniah Platt,
jurist, born in Plattsburg, New York, in 1796; died in Aiken, South Carolina, 20
April, 1871, removed to Michigan in early life, studied and subsequently
practiced law, and was appointed by the United States government its attorney to
settle its claims on the Pacific coast. He was state attorney-general for
several years, and took high rank at the bar. He removed to South Carolina at
the close of the civil war, and from 1868 until his death was judge of the 2d
circuit.
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PLATT, Zephaniah, member of the Continental congress, born in Dutchess county, New York, in 1740; died in Plattsburg, New York, 12 September, 1807. He received a classical education, studied law, and practised. He was a delegate from New York to the Continental congress m 1784-'6, and was judge of the circuit court for many years. He was one of the originators of the Erie canal, and founded the town of Plattsburg.--His son, Jonas, jurist, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, 30 June, 1769; died in Peru, Clinton County, New York, 22 February, 1834, was educated in the public schools, admitted to the bar in 1790, and the next year settled in Whitesboro, New York He was a member of the assembly in 1796, of congress in 1796-1801, and of the state senate in 1810-'13. He was .an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1810, a member of the council in 1813, and in 1814-'23 a justice of the New York supreme court. He then engaged in practice in Utica, and subsequently in New York city.--Another son, Zephaniah, jurist, born in Plattsburg, New York, in 1796; died in Aiken, South Carolina, 20 April, 1871, removed to Michigan in early life, studied and subsequently practised law, and was appointed by the United States government its attorney to settle its claims on the Pacific coast. He was state attorney-general for several years, and took high rank at the bar. He removed to South Carolina at the close of the civil war, and from 1868 until his death was judge of the 2d circuit.
