186:. In the general election, he defeated Samuel J. Topping by 163 votes to become the mayor of Englewood from 1904 to 1905. Platt refused to be considered for reelection and went on a trip to Europe for the last month of his term. Between 1909 and 1916 he was on the Democratic State Committee for New Jersey serving in various roles. He was a delegate to the 1912
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