Orville Hitchcock Platt

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Orville Hitchcock Platt was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as a long-time U.S. Senator from Connecticut in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
human
politician
authorOf Platt Amendment
birthDate 1827-07-19
birthPlace Washington, Connecticut
burialPlace Washington Green Cemetery
causeOfDeath illness
continent North America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1905-04-21
deathPlace Washington, Connecticut
educatedAt The Gunnery
Yale College
endTime 1905 (service in U.S. Senate)
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Platt
givenName Orville
legislativeBody United States Senate
memberOf United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
middleName Hitchcock
linked to: Alfred Hitchcock
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Platt Amendment
occupation lawyer
politician
partOf 51st United States Congress
52nd United States Congress
53rd United States Congress
54th United States Congress
55th United States Congress
56th United States Congress
57th United States Congress
58th United States Congress
positionHeld Secretary of State of Connecticut
United States senator
member of the Connecticut State Senate
religion Congregationalism
represented Connecticut
representedIn United States Senate
residence Meriden, Connecticut
Washington, Connecticut
sexOrGender male
sponsorOf Platt Amendment
startTime 1879 (service in U.S. Senate)
stateRepresentedInSenate Connecticut
studied law
wasAdmittedToTheBar 1850
workLocation Connecticut
Meriden, Connecticut

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Orville H. Platt name Orville Hitchcock Platt
Annie Bull Platt spouseOf Orville Hitchcock Platt