Background
Platts was born July 27, 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Frank James Platts (1857-1932) and Mary Josephine "Josie" Sears (1862-1895).
Platts was born July 27, 1888 in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Frank James Platts (1857-1932) and Mary Josephine "Josie" Sears (1862-1895).
He graduated New York University and New Jersey Law School.
He was a Certified Public Accountant. Platts was a World War I veteran and served as Assistant Division Adjutant of the Portuguese of Hoboken. He was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1932 and re-elected in 1933.
He was Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee in 1933.
He was again elected Assemblyman in 1937, and was re-elected in 1938, 1939, and 1940. Platts was elected Essex County Freeholder in 1950.
They had two children.