Nehemiah Platt
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Nehemiah Platt (July 25, 1797 – March 29, 1851) was an American politician from
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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 The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York, its members are elected to two-year terms with no term l ...
(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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, Nehemiah 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