Peter Robert Livingston (October 3, 1766 – January 19, 1847 Rhinebeck, New York) was an American

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who served as Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York from February to October 1828.

Early life

Peter Robert Livingston was born on October 3, 1766, in

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. 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). His brothers were Col. William Smith Livingston (1755–1795) and Judge Maturin Livingston (1769–1847). They were among the many great-grandchildren of

Robert Livingston the Younger Robert Livingston the Younger (1663 – April 1725), sometimes known as Robert Livingston Jr., or The Nephew was a wealthy merchant and political figure in colonial Albany, New York. Early life Livingston was born in 1663 in Edinburgh, Scotland ...

(1663–1725), through their grandfather, James Livingston (1701–1763), Younger's eldest son.

Career

Livingston practiced law. 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. He was a member of the New York State Senate (Southern D.) from 1815 to 1822, sitting in the 39th, 40th, 41st,

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, 43rd, 44th and

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s. In

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, he was a member of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess County, and was elected

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as a

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/ Bucktail, with 117 votes out of 123. From 1826 to 1829, he was again a member of the State Senate (2nd D.), sitting in the 49th, 50th, 51st and 52nd New York State Legislatures. In 1828, when Lieutenant Governor

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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. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention from New York in 1839 where he served as Convention Vice-president.

Personal life

He married his cousin, Joanna Livingston (1759–1827), the ninth child of Judge Robert Livingston (1718–1775) and Margaret ( née Beekman) Livingston (1724–1800). She was the sister of Chancellor

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(1746–1813), a member of the

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that drafted the

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, and

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(1764-1836), a U.S. Senator and the 11th

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. They had no children. He was originally buried at the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, but later reinterred at an unknown location.

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: ''The History of Political Parties in the State of New York'' (Baltimore, 1850)

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