- Jonas Platt
Jonas Platt (
June 30 ,1769 Poughkeepsie, New York ,Dutchess County, New York -February 22 ,1834 Peru,Clinton County, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician fromNew York . He was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives .Life
He was the son of
Zephaniah Platt . He attended a French Academy atMontreal ,Canada , studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He married Helena Livingston (1767-1859, sister ofJohn Henry Livingston ), and they had eight children, among themMichigan Attorney General Zephaniah Platt (1796-1871).He practiced law in Poughkeepsie and served as the county clerk of
Herkimer County, New York , from 1791 to 1798. He was also the county clerk ofOneida County, New York , from 1798 to 1802. He was a member of theNew York State Assembly in 1796.Platt was elected as a Federalist to the
Sixth Congress , and served fromMarch 4 ,1799 , toMarch 3 ,1801 . He was the chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business . Afterward, he resumed the practice of law and served as a general in the Cavalry in theNew York State Militia . In 1810, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor. He was a member of theNew York State Senate from 1810 to 1813. He was also a member of theCouncil of Appointment in 1813.From 1814 to 1821, he was an associate justice of the
New York Supreme Court . He was a delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1821.He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh.
State Treasurer
Charles Z. Platt was his brother.ources
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