James Perry Platt (March 31, 1851 – January 26, 1913) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, to Senator Orville H. Platt, he received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1873 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1875.
[2] Platt was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 18, 1902, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by William Kneeland Townsend.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 28, 1902, and received his commission the same day.
Platt served in that capacity until his death on January 26, 1913.