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Peter R. Livingston (politician, born 1766)

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Peter Robert Livingston
Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office
February 11, 1828 – October 17, 1828
GovernorNathaniel Pitcher
Preceded byNathaniel Pitcher
Succeeded byCharles Dayan
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823
Preceded bySamuel B. Romaine
Succeeded byRichard Goodell
Member of the New York State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823
Preceded by(no direct predecessor)
Succeeded by(no direct successor)
Member of the New York Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 1, 1826 – December 31, 1829
Preceded byStephen Thorn
Succeeded byNathaniel P. Tallmadge
Member of the New York Senate
from the Southern district
In office
July 1, 1815 – December 31, 1822
Preceded byNathan Sanford
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1766-10-03)October 3, 1766
New York City, Province of New York
DiedJanuary 19, 1847(1847-01-19) (aged 80)
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
PartyDemocratic-Republican Bucktails
Whig
SpouseJoanna Livingston
RelationsMaturin Livingston (brother)
William Smith (grandfather)
Robert R. Livingston (brother-in-law)
Edward Livingston (brother-in-law)
Parent(s)Robert James Livingston
Susanna Smith

Peter Robert Livingston (October 3, 1766 – January 19, 1847) was an American politician who served as the acting lieutenant governor of New York from February to October 1828.[1]

Early life

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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

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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 the New York State Senate (Southern D.) from 1815 to 1822, sitting in the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th and 45th New York State Legislatures.[8][9] He succeeded Nathan Sanford in this seat.[9]

In 1823, he was a member of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess County,[8] and was elected Speaker as a Democratic-Republican/Bucktail, with 117 votes out of 123.[9] He succeeded Samuel B. Romaine as Speaker and was succeeded by Richard Goodell.[9]

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.[8] He succeeded Stephen Thorn in this seat and was succeeded by Nathaniel P. Tallmadge.[9]

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 succeeded Pitcher as acting lieutenant governor and was succeeded by Charles Dayan.

He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention from New York in 1839 where he served as Convention Vice-president.[8]

Personal life

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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 Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813), a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and Edward Livingston (1764–1836), a U.S. Senator and the 11th U.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

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Notes
  1. ↑ "Peter R. Livingston". cityreaders.nysoclib.org. The New York Society Library. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Wardell, Pat (October 2010). "Early Bergen County Families" (PDF). njgsbc.org. The Genealogical Society of Bergen County. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Reynolds, 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. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ 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. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Livingston, Peter R. (1766–1847)". NYPL Digital Collections. The New York Public Library. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Peter R. Livingston (1766-1847)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosenblatt, Albert M. (July 7, 2005). "Dutchess County Legal History" (PDF). nycourts.gov. The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Hough, 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. Retrieved June 15, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Sources
  • Jabez Delano Hammond: The History of Political Parties in the State of New York (Baltimore, 1850)
  • Political Graveyard
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