Edmund Platt

Edmund Platt
4th Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve
In office
July 23, 1920 – September 14, 1930
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded byAlbert Strauss
Succeeded byJohn Thomas
Member of the Federal Reserve Board
In office
June 20, 1920 – September 14, 1930
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded byAlbert Strauss
Succeeded byEugene Meyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th district
In office
March 4, 1913 – June 7, 1920
Preceded byEdwin Albert Merritt
Succeeded byHamilton Fish III
Personal details
Born
Edmund Platt

(1865-02-02)February 2, 1865
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 1939(1939-08-07) (aged 74)
Chazy, New York, U.S.
Resting placePoughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
EducationEastman Business College
Harvard University (BA)

Edmund Platt (February 2, 1865 – August 7, 1939) was an American politician and corporate executive who served as the 4th vice chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1920 to 1930. A member of the Republican Party, he had represented New York's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1913 to 1920.