Peter R. Livingston
Peter Robert Livingston | |
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| Member of theNew York State Assembly | |
| In office January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823 | |
| Member of theNew York State Senate | |
| In office January 1, 1826 – December 31, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Thorn |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel P. Tallmadge |
| In office July 1, 1815 – December 31, 1822 | |
| Preceded by | Nathan Sanford |
| ActingLieutenant Governor of New York | |
| In office February 11, 1828 – October 17, 1828 | |
| Governor | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| Succeeded by | Charles Dayan |
| Speaker of the New York State Assembly | |
| In office January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel B. Romaine |
| Succeeded by | Richard Goodell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1769 Rhinebeck,Province of New York |
| Died | January 19, 1847(aged 80) Rhinebeck, New York |
| Political party | Democratic-RepublicanBucktails Whig |
| Spouse | Joanna Livingston |
| Relations | Maturin Livingston(brother) William Smith(grandfather) Robert Livingston(brother-in-law) Edward Livingston(brother-in-law) |
| Parent(s) | Robert James Livingston Susanna Smith |
Peter Robert Livingston(October 3, 1766 – January 19, 1847Rhinebeck, New York) was an Americanpoliticianwho served as the actinglieutenant governor of New Yorkfrom February to October 1828.[1]
Early life[edit]
Peter Robert Livingston was born on October 3, 1766, inNew York City.He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (néeSmith) Livingston (1729–1791), daughter of Chief JusticeWilliam Smith(1728–1793).[2]His brothers were Col. William Smith Livingston (1755–1795)[3]and JudgeMaturin Livingston(1769–1847).[4]They were among the many great-grandchildren ofRobert Livingston the Younger(1663–1725), through their grandfather, James Livingston (1701–1763), Younger's eldest son.[5][6]
Career[edit]
Livingston practiced law.[7]His nephew, Francis Armstrong Livingston (1795–1830), lived with him in Rhinebeck, where Francis had a law office, and until Francis' wedding to Emma Charlotte Kissam in 1817.[4]
He was a member of theNew York State Senate(Southern D.) from 1815 to 1822, sitting in the39th,40th,41st,42nd,43rd,44thand45th New York State Legislatures.[8][9]
In1823,he was a member of theNew York State AssemblyforDutchess County,[8]and was electedSpeakeras aDemocratic-Republican/Bucktail,with 117 votes out of 123.[9]
From 1826 to 1829, he was again a member of the State Senate (2nd D.), sitting in the49th,50th,51stand52nd New York State Legislatures.[8]
In 1828, when Lieutenant GovernorNathaniel Pitchersucceeded to the governorship after the death of Gov.DeWitt Clinton,Livingston was electedPresident pro temporeof the State Senate and became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York.[8]
He was a delegate to theWhig National Conventionfrom New York in 1839 where he served as Convention Vice-president.[8]
Personal life[edit]
He married his cousin, Joanna Livingston (1759–1827), the ninth child of JudgeRobert Livingston(1718–1775) and Margaret (néeBeekman) Livingston (1724–1800). She was the sister of ChancellorRobert R. Livingston(1746–1813), a member of theCommittee of Fivethat drafted theDeclaration of Independence,andEdward Livingston(1764–1836), aU.S. Senatorand the 11thU.S. Secretary of State.They had no children.[4]
He was originally buried at the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, but later reinterred at an unknown location.
References[edit]
- Notes
- ^"Peter R. Livingston".cityreaders.nysoclib.org.The New York Society Library.Retrieved15 June2017.
- ^Wardell, Pat (October 2010)."Early Bergen County Families"(PDF).njgsbc.org.The Genealogical Society of Bergen County. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2 February 2020.Retrieved16 April2017.
- ^In 1774, William Smith Livingston married Catherine Lott (d. 1823), daughter of Abraham and Gertrude (Coeymans) Lott. They had 4 children: (1) Caroline Livingston (1790–1869) who married George Davidson, of the British Army (2) Louisa Livingston, who married Archibald Turner, ofNewark, New Jersey,(3) William Livingston, died unmarried in England, and (4) Francis Armstrong Livingston.
- ^abcReynolds, Cuyler (1914).Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation.Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p.1338.Retrieved15 June2017.
- ^Lamb, Martha Joanna; Harrison, Mrs Burton (1896).History of the City of New York: History of the city of New York: externals of modern New York.A. S. Barnes. p.547.Retrieved16 April2017.
- ^"Livingston, Peter R. (1766–1847)".NYPL Digital Collections.The New York Public Library.Retrieved15 June2017.
- ^"Peter R. Livingston (1766-1847)".nyhistory.org.New-York Historical Society.Retrieved15 June2017.
- ^abcdeRosenblatt, Albert M. (7 July 2005)."Dutchess County Legal History"(PDF).nycourts.gov.The Historical Society of the New York Courts.Retrieved15 June2017.
- ^abHough, A.M., M.D., Franklin B. (1858).The New York civil list: containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time.Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., Publishers.Retrieved15 June2017.
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- Sources
- Jabez Delano Hammond:The History of Political Parties in the State of New York(Baltimore, 1850)
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