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Thomas C. Platt

Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt[1] and Easy Boss,[2] was an American politician who was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1873–1877) and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in 1881 and 1897 to 1909. He is best known as the "political boss" of the Republican Party in New York State in the late 19th century and early 20th century.[3] Upon his death, the New York Times stated that "no man ever exercised less influence in the Senate or the House of Representatives than he," but "no man ever exercised more power as a political leader."[4] He considered himself the "political godfather" of many Republican governors of the state, including Theodore Roosevelt.[5]

For the United States federal judge, see Thomas Collier Platt Jr. For his political organization, see Platt machine.

Thomas C. Platt

David B. Hill

Elihu Root

Francis Kernan

Warner Miller

Horace B. Smith

Jeremiah W. Dwight

27th district (1873–75)
28th district (1875–77)

Thomas Collier Platt

(1833-07-15)July 15, 1833
Owego, New York

March 6, 1910(1910-03-06) (aged 76)
New York City, New York

Republican

Yale College (did not graduate)

Platt played a key role in the creation of the City of Greater New York, which incorporated together the boroughs of New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) and Bronx counties.

Dunn, Arthur Wallace (1922). From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a Century, 1888-1921. Vol. 1. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.

L. J. Lang (editor), The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt, (New York, 1910)

Dictionary of American Biography;

Gosnell, Harold Foote (1924). Boss Platt and His New York Machine: A Study of the Political Leadership of Thomas C. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Others. The University of Chicago Press.

AMS Press, 1969; Platt, Thomas Collier. The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt. Edited by Louis J. Lang. 1910. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1974.