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1880 he was elected governor of the state of Maine for a two-years term by the fusion of the Democrats and Greenbackers. He was the Democratic candidate for U. S. senator in 1883 and 1889. He was twice married, first, Sept. 21, 1858, to Sarah, daughter of Chase P. Mason of Waterville, Maine, and secondly, Sept. 27, 1881, to Mable True, daughter of Francis W. Hill of Exeter. He became editor of The Neio Age at Augusta, Maine, in 1883. He died in Bangor, Maine, Jan. 31, 1898.

PLANTZ, Samuel, educator, was born in Johnstown, N.Y.. June 13, 1859; son of James and Elsie Ann (Stoller) Plantz, and grandson of Peter and Elizabeth Plantz and of Michael and Mary (Quilheart) Stoller. He attended the com- mon schools of Emerald Grove, Wis., and Milton college. Wis., was graduated from Lawrence uni- versity, A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883, from Boston uni- versity, S.T.B., 1883, and was a student at Berlin university, Germany, 1890-91. He was pastor of Methodist churches in Detroit, Mich., 1885-92,

and was elect- ed president of Lawrence uni- versity, Apple- ton, Wis., in 1894. He was married, Sept. 16, 1895, to Myra A.,

daughter of the Rev. T. A. Goodwin of Indianapolis, Ind. He became a member of the Victoria Institute, Lon- don, 1896; the American Academy of Social and Political Science in 1895; and the Wisconsin Academy of Science in 1895. The degree of Ph. D, was conferred on him in curso by the School of All Sciences in 1887, and the honoraiy degree of D.D. by Albion college in 189-4. He contributed articles to leading theological and philosophical periodicals.

PLATER, Qeorge, governor of Maryland, was born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's county, Md., Nov. 8, 1735; son of Col. George and Rebecca (Addison) Bowles Plater. His father was a member of the state council for many years; naval officer of the Patuxent, and secretary of the pi'ovince. He was graduated from the Col- lege of William and Mary in 1753, was admitted to the bar and became prominent in the pre- revolutionary discussions. He was twice mar- ried, first, to Hannah, daughter of the Hon. Richard Lee, who died in 1763, and secondly, July 19, 1764, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann (Frisby) Rousby. He was a member of the convention at Annapolis, May 8, 1776, which requested Governor Eden to relinquish his office; was made a member of the council of

safety. May 26, 1776; of the Annapolis conven- tion of August 14, 1776, and of the committee " to prepare a declaration and charter of rights and a form of government for Maryland," Aug. 17, 1776. He was a delegate to the Continental congress, 1778-81, was president of the state con- vention that voted to adopt the Federal constitu- tion, 1788. He was governor of Maryland, 1781-94, succeeding John Eager Howard. During his administration the District of Columbia was ceded for the national seat of government. He was succeeded by John Hoskins Stone. He died in Annapohs, Md., Feb. 10, 1793.

PLATNER, Samuel Ball, philologist, was born at Unionville, Conn., Dec. 4, 1863; son of Wil- liam and Emily Childs (Ball) Platner; grandson of Samuel and Experience (Howland) Ball, and of Samuel Ten Broeck and Elizabeth Gillette (Noyes) Platner, and a descendant of John Howland of the Mayflower. He removed with his parents to Newark, N.J., in 1866, attended the Newark academy and was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1883; Ph.D., 1885. He was a graduate student in Sanskrit, Latin and Greek, 1883-85, and was in- structor in Latin and French at Adelbert college of Western Reserve viniversity, 1885-90; assistant professor of Latin and instructor in Sanskrit, 1890-92, and was elected professor of Latin in 1893. He was married. June 29, 1893, to Leonora, daughter of Charles Henry Say re of Utica, N.Y. He was president of the American Philological association, 1900-1901; secretary of the manag- ing committee of the American School of Classi- cal Studies in Rome, 1900, and professor in that school, 1899-1900. He edited " Greek and Roman Versification" (translated from the German of LucianMuller, 1892), and" Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny " (1894), and contributed various articles to the American Journal of Philology, the Classical Review and the American Historical Review.

PLATT, Charles Adams, artist, was born in New York city, Oct. 16, 1861; son of John H. and Mary (Cheney) Piatt. He studied in New York at the Art League and the National Academy of Design, 1878-80, and in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre. He established a studio in New York city, and was elected a member of the Society of American Artists, and an associate of the National Academy of Design. He was awarded the Webb prize, offered by the Society of American Artists, in 1894. He gave much at- tention to etching, and exhibited paintings in oil and water colors in the Paris Salon, the National Academy and the American Water Color society. He began the practice of architecture and land- scape architecture in 1892. Among the note- worthy gardens planned by him are those of Charles F. Sprague (1894) and Larz Anderson