James H. Platt, Jr.
| James Henry Platt Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | John Millson (1861) |
| Succeeded by | John Goode |
| Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds | |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | George Armstrong Halsey |
| Succeeded by | William Steele Holman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 13, 1837 Saint John, Colony of New Brunswick |
| Died | August 13, 1894 (aged 57) Clear Creek County, Colorado |
| Resting place | Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont |
| Profession | businessman |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | 3rd Vermont Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
James Henry Platt Jr. (July 13, 1837 – August 13, 1894) was an American physician, politician and businessman. After participating in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, Platt represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. Representative for two terms, from 1870-1875.
Born in either Vermont or across the border in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in the summer of 1837 to Josiah Platt and his wife Sophia, James Platt was raised in Burlington, Vermont. He attended the common schools.
Platt completed preparatory studies and graduated from the medical department of the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1859 when he was 23. On February 23, 1859 he married Sarah C. Foster in Rutland, Vermont. He later married the suffragist and widow Sarah Sophia Chase Decker (1856-1912), who survived him. The second Mrs. Sarah Platt was from McIndoe Falls, Caledonia County, Vermont, and after another remarriage (to Colorado judge Westbrook Schoonmaker Decker) became the first President of the Denver Women's Club and national president of the Federation of Associated Women's Clubs.
Platt practiced medicine in Vermont. During the Civil War, Platt joined the Union Army as first sergeant of the Third Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to captain and eventually lieutenant colonel. He declined assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of the Sixth Corps.
After the war, Platt settled in Petersburg, Virginia, and on April 6, 1865, and was elected to serve on the city council. In 1867, Petersburg voters also elected Platt as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.
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