United State District Court Judge. Served in Connecticut State Legislature. Only son of Senator Orville H. Platt and Annie Bull Platt. Married Hattie Ives Dec. 2, 1885.
JAMES PERRY PLATT, son of Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt (LLD Yale 1887), United States senator from 1879 until his death in 1905, and Annie (Bull) Platt, was born March 31, 1851, at Towanda, Pa , whither his father, who was teaching at "The Gunnery," Washington, Conn, had gone with Mr Gunn to find surroundings more tolerant of their abolition sentiments. When the son was six months old the family returned to Connecticut, and their home had since been in West Meriden. During his childhood he lived with his grandfather, Daniel G Platt, in Washington, and attended "The Gunnery." He finished his college preparation at the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven.
Under medical advice he left College [Yale, Class of 1873] during the second term of Senior year, and went abroad, but in 1892[1872?] received his degree and was enrolled in the class.
In the fall of 1873 he went into the law office of his father in Meriden, and a year later joined the Senior class in the Yale Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1875. He then entered into partnership with his father under the name of O H. & J P Platt. In 1892 he was delegate at large to the National Republican Convention.
In 1878 and 1879 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was city attorney of Menden from 1879 to 1893, and judge of the city court from 1893 to 1902. He was appointed judge of the United States district court for Connecticut and served until his death. He was a trustee of the Menden Savings Bank.
Judge Platt died at his home, January 26. 1913, after a painful illness of several months from a cancerous growth in the throat. He was in the 62d year of his age.
He married in Menden, December 2, 1885, Harriet White, daughter of John and Wealthy Sage (Merwin) Ives. She survives him with a daughter, a son having died in infancy.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
JAMES PERRY PLATT, son of Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt (LLD Yale 1887), United States senator from 1879 until his death in 1905, and Annie (Bull) Platt, was born March 31, 1851, at Towanda, Pa , whither his father, who was teaching at "The Gunnery," Washington, Conn, had gone with Mr Gunn to find surroundings more tolerant of their abolition sentiments. When the son was six months old the family returned to Connecticut, and their home had since been in West Meriden. During his childhood he lived with his grandfather, Daniel G Platt, in Washington, and attended "The Gunnery." He finished his college preparation at the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven.
Under medical advice he left College [Yale, Class of 1873] during the second term of Senior year, and went abroad, but in 1892[1872?] received his degree and was enrolled in the class.
In the fall of 1873 he went into the law office of his father in Meriden, and a year later joined the Senior class in the Yale Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1875. He then entered into partnership with his father under the name of O H. & J P Platt. In 1892 he was delegate at large to the National Republican Convention.
In 1878 and 1879 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was city attorney of Menden from 1879 to 1893, and judge of the city court from 1893 to 1902. He was appointed judge of the United States district court for Connecticut and served until his death. He was a trustee of the Menden Savings Bank.
Judge Platt died at his home, January 26. 1913, after a painful illness of several months from a cancerous growth in the throat. He was in the 62d year of his age.
He married in Menden, December 2, 1885, Harriet White, daughter of John and Wealthy Sage (Merwin) Ives. She survives him with a daughter, a son having died in infancy.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
United State District Court Judge. Served in Connecticut State Legislature. Only son of Senator Orville H. Platt and Annie Bull Platt. Married Hattie Ives Dec. 2, 1885.
JAMES PERRY PLATT, son of Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt (LLD Yale 1887), United States senator from 1879 until his death in 1905, and Annie (Bull) Platt, was born March 31, 1851, at Towanda, Pa , whither his father, who was teaching at "The Gunnery," Washington, Conn, had gone with Mr Gunn to find surroundings more tolerant of their abolition sentiments. When the son was six months old the family returned to Connecticut, and their home had since been in West Meriden. During his childhood he lived with his grandfather, Daniel G Platt, in Washington, and attended "The Gunnery." He finished his college preparation at the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven.
Under medical advice he left College [Yale, Class of 1873] during the second term of Senior year, and went abroad, but in 1892[1872?] received his degree and was enrolled in the class.
In the fall of 1873 he went into the law office of his father in Meriden, and a year later joined the Senior class in the Yale Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1875. He then entered into partnership with his father under the name of O H. & J P Platt. In 1892 he was delegate at large to the National Republican Convention.
In 1878 and 1879 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was city attorney of Menden from 1879 to 1893, and judge of the city court from 1893 to 1902. He was appointed judge of the United States district court for Connecticut and served until his death. He was a trustee of the Menden Savings Bank.
Judge Platt died at his home, January 26. 1913, after a painful illness of several months from a cancerous growth in the throat. He was in the 62d year of his age.
He married in Menden, December 2, 1885, Harriet White, daughter of John and Wealthy Sage (Merwin) Ives. She survives him with a daughter, a son having died in infancy.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
JAMES PERRY PLATT, son of Hon. Orville Hitchcock Platt (LLD Yale 1887), United States senator from 1879 until his death in 1905, and Annie (Bull) Platt, was born March 31, 1851, at Towanda, Pa , whither his father, who was teaching at "The Gunnery," Washington, Conn, had gone with Mr Gunn to find surroundings more tolerant of their abolition sentiments. When the son was six months old the family returned to Connecticut, and their home had since been in West Meriden. During his childhood he lived with his grandfather, Daniel G Platt, in Washington, and attended "The Gunnery." He finished his college preparation at the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven.
Under medical advice he left College [Yale, Class of 1873] during the second term of Senior year, and went abroad, but in 1892[1872?] received his degree and was enrolled in the class.
In the fall of 1873 he went into the law office of his father in Meriden, and a year later joined the Senior class in the Yale Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1875. He then entered into partnership with his father under the name of O H. & J P Platt. In 1892 he was delegate at large to the National Republican Convention.
In 1878 and 1879 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, was city attorney of Menden from 1879 to 1893, and judge of the city court from 1893 to 1902. He was appointed judge of the United States district court for Connecticut and served until his death. He was a trustee of the Menden Savings Bank.
Judge Platt died at his home, January 26. 1913, after a painful illness of several months from a cancerous growth in the throat. He was in the 62d year of his age.
He married in Menden, December 2, 1885, Harriet White, daughter of John and Wealthy Sage (Merwin) Ives. She survives him with a daughter, a son having died in infancy.
SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.
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