Nehemiah Platt (July 25, 1797 – March 29, 1851) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He married Diantha Wilson (1804–1866), and they had several children. He was Supervisor of the
Town of Nichols from 1825 to 1827.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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(3rd D.) from 1841 to 1844, sitting in the
64th,
65th,
66th and
67th New York State Legislatures.
U.S. Senator
Thomas C. Platt
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt (1833–1910) was his nephew.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 133f and 144; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
transcribed at Ray's History
External links
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1797 births
1851 deaths
New York (state) state senators
People from Nichols, New York
New York (state) Whigs
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature