Peter Robert Livingston was born on October 3, 1766, in New York City. He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (née Smith) Livingston (1729–1791), daughter of Chief Justice William Smith (1728–1793).[2] His brothers were Col. William Smith Livingston (1755–1795)[3] and Judge Maturin Livingston (1769–1847).[4] They were among the many great-grandchildren of Robert Livingston the Younger (1663–1725), through their grandfather, James Livingston (1701–1763), Younger's eldest son.[5][6]
Career
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]
In 1828, when Lieutenant Governor Nathaniel Pitcher succeeded to the governorship after the death of Gov. DeWitt Clinton, Livingston was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate and became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York.[8]
He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention from New York in 1839 where he served as Convention Vice-president.[8]
He was originally buried at the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, but later reinterred at an unknown location.
References
Notes
^"Peter R. Livingston". cityreaders.nysoclib.org. The New York Society Library. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^Wardell, Pat (October 2010). "Early Bergen County Families"(PDF). njgsbc.org. The Genealogical Society of Bergen County. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^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, of Newark, New Jersey, (3) William Livingston, died unmarried in England, and (4) Francis Armstrong Livingston.
^ abcdeRosenblatt, Albert M. (7 July 2005). "Dutchess County Legal History"(PDF). nycourts.gov. The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 15 June 2017.