Zephaniah Platt (Michigan Attorney General)
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Zephaniah Platt was an American lawyer and politician from Michigan
. He was Michigan Attorney General
from 1841 to 1843.
Justice Jonas Platt
and Helena (Livingston) Platt (1767-1859), and was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Valley, N.Y. On September 30, 1818, he married Cornelia Jenkins (d. 1890), and they had seven children.
He removed to the Michigan Territory
and practiced law at Jackson, Michigan
. He was Attorney General of the State of Michigan
from 1841 to 1843.
After the end of the American Civil War
, he removed to South Carolina
, and was Judge of the 2nd Circuit Court from 1868 until his death.
He was a grandson of Zephaniah Platt
, and a nephew of Charles Z. Platt
and of John Henry Livingston
.
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. He was Michigan Attorney General
Michigan Attorney General
The Attorney General of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan and one of four great offices of state. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, members of the Senate and...
from 1841 to 1843.
Life
He was the son of New York Supreme CourtNew York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in thestate court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties...
Justice Jonas Platt
Jonas Platt
Jonas Platt was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives.-Life:...
and Helena (Livingston) Platt (1767-1859), and was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Valley, N.Y. On September 30, 1818, he married Cornelia Jenkins (d. 1890), and they had seven children.
He removed to the Michigan Territory
Michigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan...
and practiced law at Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...
. He was Attorney General of the State of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
from 1841 to 1843.
After the end of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, he removed to South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, and was Judge of the 2nd Circuit Court from 1868 until his death.
He was a grandson of Zephaniah Platt
Zephaniah Platt
Zephaniah Platt was an American politician and lawyer, and founder of the U.S. town of Plattsburgh, New York....
, and a nephew of Charles Z. Platt
Charles Z. Platt
Charles Zephaniah Platt was an American politician.-Life:He was the son of Zephaniah Platt and Mary Van Wyck Platt ....
and of John Henry Livingston
John Henry Livingston
The Reverend John Henry Livingston was the fourth President of Queen's College serving from 1810 until his death in 1825.-Biography:...
.
Sources
- http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm#gilbert Livingston family tree (gives Pleasant Valley as baptism place)
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html Political Graveyard
- famousamericans.net/zephaniahplatt/ (gives erroneously Plattsburgh as birthplace, which was copied by most later sources)
- Platt Genealogy in America, from the Arrival of Richard Platt in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638 by Charles Platt (1963) (gives Pleasant Valley as birthplace)