Edward Philip Livingston

Edward Philip Livingston (* November 24, 1779 in Kingston, Jamaica, † November 3, 1843 in Clermont, New York ) was an American politician and Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York.

Family history and relationships

Edward Philip Livingston was the son Philip Philip Livingston (1741-1787), the son of Philip Livingston and Sarah ( Johnson) Livingston (ca. 1749-1802 ). In 1799 he married Elizabeth Stevens Livingston ( 1780-1829 ), the daughter of the judge at the New York Court of Chancery Robert R. Livingston. The couple had two children together. Her daughter was Elizabeth Livingston (1813-1896), later the grandmother of Anna Hall Roosevelt and great-grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt. After the death of his father inherited Edward Clermont Manor is a Grade II listed property today where he lived from 1800 until his death. Clermont Manor passed to his son Clémont Livingston ( 1817-1896 ).

Edward was the great-nephew of William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey; Grandson of Philip Livingston, a signer of the Constitution of the United States; Second cousin of Walter Livingston, Speaker of the New York State Assembly; Second cousin by marriage and second nephew of Foreign Minister Edward Livingston and cousin of Henry W. Livingston, Congressman from New York.

Career

Livingston graduated from Columbia College and embarked on a political career. He was a member of Governor Daniel D. Tompkins and private secretary to his father, Robert R. Livingston, during this served as an envoy for the United States in France. From July 1808 to July 1812 Livingston represented the Middle District in the Senate from New York. He was re-elected twice more in the Senate for the third district, and was from 1823 to 1824 and from 1838 until his resignation in 1839 a member of the Senate. During this time, Livingston served as a presidential elector in 1820 and 1832. 1830 Livingston was nominated for the office of governor of New York, but his nomination has been questioned because of his birth in Jamaica. Although he could not be excluded in principle from higher offices so, but was used to his appointment to prevent Governor. Instead, Livingston was elected lieutenant governor and served from 1831 to 1832 under Governor Enos T. Throop.