1870 Political Letter James Platt Civil War Vermont Virginia to Alabama Politics

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I will be listing numerous political / legal letters from/to John Danner. Be sure to check back.
The first photograph is Platt, the second Danner.
The photographs and obituaries are not included.
Letter speaks of Alabama views and how to help Republicans of Alabama.
James Henry Platt Jr. (July 13, 1837 – August 13, 1894) was an American physician, politician and businessman. After participating in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, Platt represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms, from 1870 to 1875.[
Platt practiced medicine in Vermont. During the Civil War, Platt joined the Union Army as first sergeant of the Third Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to captain and eventually lieutenant colonel. He declined assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of the Sixth Corps.
After the war, Platt settled in Petersburg, Virginia, and on April 6, 1865, and was elected to serve on the city council. In 1867, Petersburg voters also elected Platt as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.
Platt moved to Norfolk, Virginia before voters ratified that Constitution (and thereby satisfied Congressional requirements for Virginia's readmission to the Union). Platt then ran as a Republican, and won election to the U.S. Congress, representing Virginia's 2nd congressional district to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses. He served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1875, including as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-third Congress).
In 1874, conservative politicians won throughout Virginia after the Panic of 1873 led to financial depression, and Platt lost his re-election bid. Democrat (and ex-Confederate congressman) John Goode won 49.43% of the vote, easily defeating both Platt and Independent Republican Robert Norton, and represented the district in the Forty-fourth Congress.
Provenance: Came from the estate of a descendant of John Danner.
Johann (John) Leonhard Conrad Danner was born 16 Apr 1827, and died 24 Dec 1872. 45 years old.
John Leonard Conrad Danner lived in Randolph county. At 21 he was chosen clerk of the circuit court of Randolph county. At the Beginning of President Buchanan's administration in 1857 was appointed to an official position in the department of the interior at Washington. He held that position until 1861 when the southern states succeeded from the union. He resigned and came home and join the war.
During the war he served alternately in the army and civil departments in Richmond (in an obituary of his wife, John Danner was mentioned as a mayor of Richmond during the war but I cannot find any evidence. I have an image of the obituaries of both). After the war he started a law practice in Richmond.
After the formal restoration of Alabama to the union he returned to the state and located in Montgomery. In 1869 he was appointed supreme court reporter. After that held a position with the IRS.
He also was appointed Judge years 1871-1872 in Montgomery.
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