Moss K. Platt

Moss Kent Platt was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of William Pitt Platt and Hannah Kent.
On October 14, 1830, he married Elizabeth S. Freligh. They had four daughters, and one son: John Freligh Platt, who died while a senior at Williams College.
In 1847, he began manufacturing of iron near the Saranac River from iron ore mined west of Plattsburgh. He built plank roads to connect the iron works with the city and Clinton State Prison and employed prison inmates to work in his plant.
In 1852, he built a railroad from Plattsburgh to the Canada–US border which connected the city with Montréal. After his first wife's death, he married on May 20, 1858, her half-sister Margaret Anne Freligh.
He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate in 1866 and 1867. In 1868, he ran for presidential elector on the Ulysses S. Grant ticket, but New York was won by Democrat Horatio Seymour. In 1873, he was elected an Inspector of State Prisons, and died in office.