Jonas Platt

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Jonas Platt was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on June 30, 1769. He attended a French academy at Montreal, Canada, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He practiced in Poughkeepsie and served as the county clerk of Herkimer County from 1791 to 1798. He was also the county clerk of Oneida County from 1798 to 1802. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1796.

Platt was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress, which met from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801. During the Sixth Congress, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. Afterward, he resumed the practice of law and served as a general in the Cavalry in the state militia. In 1810, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1810 to 1813. He was also a member of the Council 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 resumed the practice of law and died in Peru, Clinton County, New York on February 22, 1834, aged 64.

He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh, New York.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.