his doctor publicly predicted his patient's imminent demise. Platt recovered, however, convalescing until late in January 1910, when he was deemed well enough to return home to his Manhattan apartment. Seemingly restored to health, Platt was suddenly stricken by a second attack of kidney disease at about 1 pm on March 6, 1910. His personal physician was called, but it was immediately deemed apparent that there would be no recovery in this second life-threatening incident. Platt died in his own bed at about 4 pm on that same day. On March 7, Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes ordered flags of state buildings to be flown at half-staff in commemoration of the death of the former United States Senator, an action setting a precedent in New York of state government honoring such a former federal elected official in that manner. Platt's body was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, New York. At the time of his death, he remained married to Lillian, but she received nothing in his will. His namesake great-grandson was the lawyer and judge Thomas Collier Platt Jr. Footnotes Bibliography L. J. Lang (editor), The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt, (New York, 1910) Dictionary of American Biography; AMS Press, 1969; Platt, Thomas Collier. The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt. Edited by Louis J. Lang. 1910. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1974. 1833 births 1910 deaths American political bosses from New York (state) People from Owego, New York Republican Party United States senators from New York (state) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians Yale College alumni Stalwarts (Republican Party)