Jacob Van Vechten Platto
Jacob Van Vechten Platto was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Schenectady, New York, he studied in Albany, New York and was admitted to the New York bar in 1845. In 1848, Platto moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he practiced law and was involved in the wholesale liquor business in Milwaukee. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862 as a Democrat. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
