James Perry Platt
{{Short description|American judge (1851–1913)}}
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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
| term_start = February 28, 1902
| term_end = January 26, 1913
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| predecessor = William Kneeland Townsend
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| birth_place = Towanda, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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James Perry Platt (March 31, 1851 – January 26, 1913) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Education and career
Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, to Senator Orville H. Platt, he received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1873 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1875.Miles Merwin, 1623-1697, and One Branch of His Descendants, Caroline Gaylord Newton, 1909, p. 191-20 He was in private practice in Meriden, Connecticut from 1875 to 1902. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1878 to 1879. He was city attorney of Meriden from 1879 to 1893. He was a Judge of the Meriden City Court from 1893 to 1902.{{FJC Bio|1895|nid=1386381|name=James Perry Platt}}
Federal judicial service
Platt was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 18, 1902, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by William Kneeland Townsend. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 28, 1902, and received his commission the same day. Platt served in that capacity until his death on January 26, 1913.
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- {{FJC Bio|1895|nid=1386381|name=James Perry Platt}}
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Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt