Orville H. Platt

Orville H. Platt
United States Senator
from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905
Preceded byWilliam H. Barnum
Succeeded byFrank B. Brandegee
Secretary of State of Connecticut
In office
1857–1858
GovernorJames Pollock
Preceded byNehemiah D. Sperry
Succeeded byJohn Boyd
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
1864
1869
Personal details
Born
Orville Hitchcock Platt

(1827-07-19)July 19, 1827
Washington, Connecticut
DiedApril 21, 1905(1905-04-21) (aged 77)
Washington, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
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Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the major decisions of the Senate, along with William B. Allison of Iowa, John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin and Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island.