Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905
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- NUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for Dawes, H.L. Papers, 1833-1933(Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905)
- LC data base, 2-28-90(hdg.: Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905)
- WWWA, vol. 1, 1897-1942(Platt, Orville Hitchcock; U.S. senator from Conn.)
- MoSU-L files(usage: Hon. O.H. Platt; Mr. Platt)
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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