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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Politician
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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Civil Service Reform
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Connecticut_Republican_Party
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1827-07-19
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Torrington,_Connecticut
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gptkbp:children
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Orville_H._Platt_Jr.
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gptkbp:committee
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gptkb:Committee_on_Education_and_Labor
gptkb:Committee_on_Military_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Finance
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Pacific_Railroads
gptkb:Committee_on_Pacific_Railroads
gptkb:Committee_on_the_District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Committee_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:Committee_on_Agriculture_and_Forestry
gptkb:Committee_on_Appropriations
gptkb:Committee_on_Post_Office_and_Post_Roads
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Territories
gptkb:Committee_on_the_Post_Office_and_Post_Roads
Committee on the Judiciary
Committee on Indian Affairs
Committee on Claims
Committee on the Census
Committee on Territories
Committee_on_the_Library
Committee_on_Railroads
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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U.S._foreign_policy
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1905-04-21
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Yale_University
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gptkbp:fullName
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Orville_Hitchcock_Platt
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Senator Orville H. Platt
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gptkbp:image
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Orville_Hitchcock_Platt.jpg/220px-Orville_Hitchcock_Platt.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Orville_Hitchcock_Platt.jpg/220px-Orville_Hitchcock_Platt.jpg
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:isExpectedTo
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Connecticut_voters
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gptkbp:isInvolvedIn
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Railroad legislation
U.S._Senate_in_1879
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gptkbp:isKnownFor
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Advocating for veterans' rights
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gptkbp:isMemberOf
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gptkb:Connecticut_State_Senate
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gptkbp:isPartOf
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1879 to 1891
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Legislation_on_U.S._territories
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Platt_Amendment
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gptkbp:office
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United_States_Senator
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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Free Silver Movement
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:politicalPosition
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Chairman_of_the_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs
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gptkbp:politicalRole
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gptkb:Connecticut_State_Senate
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:William_A._Buckingham
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gptkbp:profession
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Lawyer
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Platt_Amendment
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Congregationalist
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:U.S._Senate
Chairman_of_the_Senate_Committee_on_Military_Affairs
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gptkbp:signature
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Orville_Hitchcock_Platt_signature.svg/220px-Orville_Hitchcock_Platt_signature.svg.png
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_E._Platt
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:L._E._Chaffee
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gptkbp:supported
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Expansion of the U.S. Navy
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1891-03-04
1891-03-03
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gptkbp:termStart
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1879-01-15
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gptkbp:wasA
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gptkb:Delegate_to_the_Republican_National_Convention
Public servant
Lawyer before entering politics
Member_of_the_Connecticut_House_of_Representatives
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gptkbp:wasFoundedIn
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gptkb:National_Republican_Party
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gptkbp:wasPartOf
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Senate_during_the_Reconstruction_Era
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