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Charles Z. Platt
New York State Treasurer
In office
1813–1817
Preceded byDavid Thomas
Succeeded byGerrit L. Dox
Personal details
Born

Charles Zephaniah Platt


(1773-07-22)July 22, 1773
Poughkeepsie, New York
DiedApril 14, 1822(1822-04-14) (aged 48)
Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York
Political partyFederalist
Spouse

Sarah Bleecker

(m. 1803)
RelationsJonas Platt (brother)
Zephaniah Platt (nephew)
Children6
Parent(s)Zephaniah Platt
Mary Van Wyck Platt

Charles Zephaniah Platt (July 22, 1773 – April 14, 1822) was an American politician.

Life[edit]

Platt was born on July 22, 1773, in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was one of twelve children born to Mary Van Wyck Platt (1743–1809) and Zephaniah Platt (1735–1807), a politician and lawyer who founded Plattsburgh, New York. Among his siblings was brother Judge Jonas Platt.[1]

Through his brother Jonas, he was the uncle of Zephaniah Platt, the Attorney General of Michigan.[2]

Career[edit]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co.) in 1807, and as a Federalist, was New York State Treasurer from 1813 to 1817.[3]

Personal life[edit]

On October 4, 1803, he married Sarah Bleecker (1785–1832) at the Dutch Reformed ChurchinAlbany, New York.[4] Sarah was the daughter of James Bleecker and Rachel (née Van Zandt) Bleecker.[5] Together, they were the parents of six children.[6]

Platt died on April 14, 1822, in Greenbush,[7] Rensselaer County, New York.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PLATT, Jonas - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  • ^ Platt, George Lewis (1891). The Platt Lineage: A Genealogical Research and Record. T. Whittaker. p. 124. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  • ^ Hough, Franklin Benjamin (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. pp. 35, 297. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  • ^ Marriage records of Reformed Dutch Church, Albany
  • ^ Doherty, Frank J. (2010). Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: Paine to Rogers. F.J. Doherty. p. 483. ISBN 9780982899113. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  • ^ Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people and the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., NYC, 1910)
  • ^ The Town of Greenbush was divided in 1855 into the towns of Clinton (since 1858 East Greenbush), and North Greenbush. It is unclear in which part Platt died.
  • Political offices
    Preceded by

    David Thomas

    New York State Treasurer
    1813–1817
    Succeeded by

    Gerrit L. Dox


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