Dan Fellows Platt

Dan Fellows Platt
Born	June 10, 1873 New York City
Died	December 16, 1937 Englewood, New Jersey
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Princeton University
Known for	Art collection and Mayor of Englewood
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ethel Bliss Platt

Dan Fellows Platt (June 10, 1873 – December 16, 1937) was an archeologist, author, art collector and the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey from 1904 to 1905.

He was born on June 10, 1873. In the same year his family moved to Englewood, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University as the English Salutatorian of his class in 1895. He studied at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome before earning his Bachelor of Laws from New York Law School and Master of Arts from Princeton. He practiced law until 1900, the same year he married Ethel Bliss (a future U.S. tennis champion) and decided to devote time to studying Renaissance art. Dan and Ethel built an Italian Palazzo house named Ambercrof and made regular trips to Europe. He invested significantly in Hot Springs, Arkansas and was part owner of both the Arlington Hotel and the Eastman Hotel there.

Platt entered politics in 1900 as leader of a citizen commission opposed to the installation of electric light poles. When the poles were installed, Platt took an ax and chopped down the ones in front of his property. Platt became a city councilor in Englewood in 1901. In September 1903, Platt defeated Daniel A. Currie to be the Democratic Party candidate for Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey. In the general election, he defeated Samuel J. Topping by 163 votes to become the mayor of Englewood from 1904-1905. Platt refused to be considered for reelection and went on a trip to Europe for the last month of his term. Between 1909 and 1916 he was on the Democratic State Committee for New Jersey serving in various roles. He was a delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention as a delegate for Woodrow Wilson.

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