Edward_Philip_Livingston

Edward Philip Livingston

Edward Philip Livingston

American politician

For other people named Edward Livingston, see Edward Livingston (disambiguation).

Edward Philip Livingston (November 24, 1779 – November 3, 1843) was an American politician.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the New York State Senate, Preceded by ...

Early life

He was the son of Philip Philip Livingston (1741–1787, son of Philip Livingston) and Sara (Johnson) Livingston (ca. 1749–1802). He was a grandnephew of William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey; grandson of Philip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; first cousin once removed of Walter Livingston, Speaker of the New York State Assembly; first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Edward Livingston, Secretary of State; and second cousin of Henry Walter Livingston, a United States representative from New York.[1]

Livingston was a 1796 graduate of Columbia College.

Career

After his father-in-law's death, Edward P. Livingston became the master of Clermont Manor. He resided at Clermont Manor from 1802 until the time of his death.[1] Livingston was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York from 1827 to 1831.

He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the militia, was aide-de-camp to Governor Dewitt Clinton, and served as Judge of the Columbia County Court of Common Pleas.[1]

He was aide to Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, and private secretary to his father-in-law Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813), then US Minister to France.[1]

New York State Senate

Edward P. Livingston was a member of the New York State Senate (Middle D.) from 1808 to 1812, and lost his seat to Martin Van Buren. He was a presidential elector in 1820, voting for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins; and again a member of the State Senate (3rd D.) in 1823 and 1824.[1]

Lieutenant Governor of New York

He was proposed in 1830 for Governor of New York, but his candidacy was questioned by some opponents in the Democratic-Republican Party on the grounds that he had been born on the island of Jamaica.[1] As a naturalized citizen of New York, Livingston was eligible to run, but his foreign birth was used to prevent his nomination. Instead Enos T. Throop, who had succeeded to the governorship when Martin Van Buren became United States Secretary of State, was nominated for a full term as governor, and Livingston was nominated for lieutenant governor. Throop and Livingston won, and Livingston served from 1831 to 1832. He was again a presidential elector in 1832.

Return to NY Senate

He was again a member of the State Senate (3rd D.) in 1838 and 1839. He resigned his seat on October 9, 1839.[1]

Personal life

On November 20, 1799, he married Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (1780–1829), the eldest daughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston. Their children included:[1]

After the death of his wife in 1829, and while he was Lt. Governor of New York, Livingston happened to look in the gallery of the Senate Chamber in Albany, where he saw Mary Crooke Broom (1804–1877) seated, and was struck by her beauty. She was "reckoned the most beautiful girl in all this region."[8] They married in 1832.[9] She was the eldest child and daughter of William Broom and Ann Crooke Barber.[10]

Livingston died in Clermont on November 3, 1843. He was buried at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in Poughkeepsie, New York.[1] Upon his death, he left Clermont Manor to his son Clermont. After his death, his second wife remarried to Judge Charles Herman Ruggles.[8][11]

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter, Margaret, Livingston was the grandfather of Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson (1837–1894), namesake of Clarkson University.[2]

Through his second daughter, Elizabeth, he was the grandfather of Mary Livingston Ludlow (1843–1919), who was the mother of Anna (née Hall) Roosevelt (1863–1892)[4] and grandmother of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), Livingston's great-great-granddaughter who married her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt.[4]

Through his elder son, Clermont, he was the grandfather of John Henry Livingston (1848–1927),[12] who married Catherine Livingston Hamersley (d. 1873) the sister of J. Hooker Hamersley and the daughter of John W. and Catherine Livingston (née Hooker) Hamersley and granddaughter of Hon. James Hooker, in 1871, with whom he had one child.[4] After her death, he married Emily Evans, the daughter of William E. Evans and niece of Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden, in 1880. Also through his son Clermont, he was the grandfather of Mary Livingston (d. 1876), who married Col. Frederic de Peyster (1843–1874), a son of Maj. Gen. John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), in 1874, with whom he had two children.[4]

Through his younger son, Robert, he was the grandfather of Catharine Goodhue Livingston (1856–1931),[13] Robert Robert Livingston (1858–1899), who married Mary Tailer (1863–1944)[14][15] Edward De Peyster Livingston (1861–1932),[16][17] and Goodhue Livingston (1867–1951),[5] who married Louisa Robb (1877–1960).[4]

References

Notes
  1. [1]
    Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Obituary 1 -- No Title". The New York Times. 14 December 1898. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    "DEATH OF EDWARD H. LUDLOW". The New York Times. 28 November 1884. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. [4]
    The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1880. p. 155. Retrieved 18 April 2017. Elizabeth Livingston Ludlow.
  5. [5]
    Times, Special To The New York (4 June 1951). "G. LIVINGSTON DIES; LONG AN ARCHITECT; Practitioner Here for 50 Years Included Hayden Planetarium, Oregon Capitol in His Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Mrs. Susan de Peyster Livingston". The New York Times. 11 February 1910. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. [7]
    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. 1334. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. [8]
    Rosenblatt, Albert M. "New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847-1869 | CHARLES HERMAN RUGGLES 1789-1865 | Court of Appeals: 1847-1855 | Chief Judge: 1851-1853". www.courts.state.ny.us. Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Mrs. Edward Philip Livingston (1804–1877)". nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  10. [10]
    Historical Notes of Saint James Parish, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, New York: In Commemoration of the Belated Centenary Anniversary of the Consecration of the First Parish Church, October 10, 1811. Hyde Park, New York: A.V. Haight Company. 1913. p. 37. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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    Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Society. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  12. [12]
    "OBITUARY RECORD". The New York Times. 6 November 1895. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  13. [13]
    "MISS C.G. LIVINGSTON DEAD; ILL FOR YEARS; Member of a Noted Family Succumbs in Fifth Av. Home Where She Was Born". The New York Times. 18 December 1931. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  14. [14]
    "MRS. LIVINGSTON HOSTESS.; Gives a Dance for Her Son, R. R. Livingston, and Fiancee, Miss Dean". The New York Times. 17 February 1922. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  15. [15]
    "MRS. LIVINGSTON, 82, NURSERY ADVOCATE; Member of Noted Family Dies - Ex-Delegate Had Served on Democratic State Group". The New York Times. 19 October 1944. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  16. [16]
    Times, Special To The New York (14 April 1909). "TAILER-BROWN WEDDING.; Guests Gather at Baltimore for the Ceremony To-day". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  17. [17]
    "EDWARD LIVINGSTON DEAD AT FAMILY HOME; Was of Old and Distinguished New York AncestryuFu- neral Tomorrow". The New York Times. 20 January 1932. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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