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{{Infobox politician
{{Short description|American politician (1740–1797)}}
{{for multi|the American college football player and sport coach|Walter Livingston (coach)|the American architect|Walter Livingston (architect)}}
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| name = Walter Livingston
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| birth_date = November 27, 1740
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| image = WalterLivingston.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Clermont Manor]], [[Clermont, New York|Clermont]], [[Columbia County, New York]]
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| office = 1st [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly]]
| death_date = May 14, 1797
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| term_start = September 10, 1777
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| death_place = [[New York City]]
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| term_end = June 30, 1779
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| spouse = Cornelia Schuyler
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| predecessor = ''Position established''
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| children = [[Henry Walter Livingston]]
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| successor = [[Evert Bancker (speaker)|Evert Bancker]]
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| parents = [[Robert Livingston (1708–1790)|Robert Livingston]] & Maria Thong Livingston
| office1 = Member of the New York State Assembly from [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]
| relatives = [[Philip Livingston]] (uncle) <br> [[Bob Livingston]] (great-great-great-great grandson)
| term_start1 = July 1, 1784
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| office = 1st [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly]]
| term_end1 = June 30, 1785
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| term_start = 1777
| predecessor1 = ''various''
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| term_end = 1779
| successor1 = ''various''
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| predecessor = ''Position established''
| term_start2 = September 9, 1777
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|successor = [[Evert Bancker (speaker)|Evert Bancker]]
| term_end2 = June 30, 1779
| predecessor2 = ''Position established''
| successor2 = ''various''
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| birth_date = November 27, 1740
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| birth_place = [[Clermont Manor]], [[Clermont, New York|Clermont]], [[Columbia County, New York]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1797|5|14|1740|11|27}}
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| death_place = [[New York City]]
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| spouse = Cornelia Schuyler
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| children = [[Henry Walter Livingston]]
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| parents = [[Robert Livingston (1708–1790)|Robert Livingston]]<br>Maria Thong
| relatives = [[Livingston family]]

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'''Walter Livingston''' (November 27, 1740 – May 14, 1797) was an American merchant, lawyer and politician.
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'''Walter Livingston''' (November 27, 1740 [[Clermont Manor]], [[Clermont, New York|Clermont]], [[Columbia County, New York]] - May 14, 1797 [[New York City]]) was an [[United States|American]] merchant, lawyer and politician.


==Family==
==Early life==
He was a son of [[Robert Livingston (1708-1790)|Robert Livingston]] (1708–1790), 3rd Lord of [[Livingston Manor]], and Maria Thong Livingston (1711–1765), a granddaughter of Governor [[Rip Van Dam]]. His elder brother was [[Peter R. Livingston (1737–1793)|Peter R. Livingston]]. He was a nephew of [[Philip Livingston]] (1716–1778)<ref name="bioguide"/> and the grandson of [[Philip Livingston (1686–1749)|Philip Livingston]] (1686–1749) and Catharina Van Brugh. He was the great-grandson of [[Robert Livingston the Elder]] (1654–1728), a [[Province of New York|New York colonial]] official, fur trader, and businessman who was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>/ 250 sq mi) along the [[Hudson River]], and becoming the first lord of [[Livingston Manor]]. His paternal great-grandmother was [[Schuyler family|Alida Schuyler]] (born 1656), the daughter of [[Philip Pieterse Schuyler]] and the widow of [[Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister)|Nicholas Van Rensselaer]]. His great-grandparents were [[Pieter Van Brugh]] (1666–1740) and Sara Cuyler.
He was a son of [[Robert Livingston (1708-1790)|Robert Livingston]] and Maria Thong Livingston. He was a nephew of [[Philip Livingston]]. He married Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822), their son is [[Henry Walter Livingston]]. [[Bob Livingston]] is Walter Livingston's great-great-great-great-grandson.


==Life==
==Life==
He was a delegate to the Provincial Convention held in New York in April and May 1775, and a member of the First [[New York Provincial Congress]] from May to November 1775. He served as Commissary of Stores and Provisions for the Department of New York from July 17, 1775, until September 7, 1776, when he resigned. He was Deputy Commissary General of the Northern Department in 1775 and 1776.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Convention held in New York in April and May 1775, and a member of the First [[New York Provincial Congress]] from May to November 1775. He served as Commissary of Stores and Provisions for the Department of New York from July 17, 1775, until September 7, 1776, when he resigned. He was Deputy Commissary General of the Northern Department in 1775 and 1776.<ref name="bioguide"/>


[[File:WSTM nathanschneider 0039.jpg|thumb|Walter Livingston's grave at [[Trinity Church Cemetery]].]]
[[File:WSTM nathanschneider 0039.jpg|thumb|Walter Livingston's grave at [[Trinity Church Cemetery]].]]
In 1777, he was appointed a county judge for [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]. He was a member of the [[New York State Assembly]] from 1777 to 1779 and 1784–85, and served as [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly|Speaker]] from 1777 to 1779. In 1784, he was a member of the New York and Massachusetts Boundary Commission. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the [[University of the State of New York]] from 1784 to 1787.
In 1777, he was appointed a county judge for [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]. He was a member of the [[1st New York State Legislature|first]] [[2nd New York State Legislature|two]] [[New York State Assembly|state assemblies]] from 1777 to 1779, and the [[8th New York State Legislature|eighth]] from 1784–85, as one of ten representatives elected on a county-wide general ticket. He was elected by his fellow representatives to be the inaugural [[Speaker of the New York State Assembly|Speaker]] of the Assembly, also from 1777 to 1779. In 1784, he was a member of the New York and Massachusetts Boundary Commission. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the [[University of the State of New York]] from 1784 to 1787.<ref name="bioguide">{{cite web|title=LIVINGSTON, Walter - Biographical Information|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000373|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>


He was a member from New York of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1784 and 1785. In 1785, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury.
He was a member from New York of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1784 and 1785. In 1785, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury.<ref name="bioguide"/>

===Residence===
In 1774, Walter built a [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] mansion, on a 500-acre estate called [[Teviotdale (Linlithgo, New York)|Teviotdale]] in [[Livingston, New York#Communities and locations in Livingston|Linlithgo, New York]].

==Personal life==
He married [[Schuyler family|Cornelia Schuyler]] (1746–1822), daughter of Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753) and Gertrude Schuyler (1724–1813), his cousin. Cornelia was the granddaughter of [[Pieter Schuyler]] (1657–1724), the first mayor of Albany. Their children include:

* [[Henry Walter Livingston]] (1768–1810), a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], who married Mary Allen in 1796.
* Maria Livingston (1770–1828), who married Philip Henry Livingston (1770–1831) in 1788<ref name="Reynolds1914">{{cite book|last=Reynolds|first=Cuyler|title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn|year=1914|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn/page/1329 1329]}}</ref>
* Peter Schuyler Livingston (1772–1809), who married Eliza Barclay (1776–1817), the daughter of [[Thomas Henry Barclay]]
* Robert L. Livingston (1775–1843), who married Margaret Maria Livingston (1783–1818), the daughter of Chancellor [[Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston]]
* Gertrude Livingston (1778–1864), who married William Cutting (1773–1820).
* [[Harriet Livingston Fulton|Harriet Livingston]] (1783–1826), who married [[Robert Fulton]] (1765–1815) in 1808.


He was buried at [[Trinity Churchyard]] in New York. His home at [[Livingston, New York|Linlithgo]] in [[Columbia County, New York]], known as [[Teviotdale (Linlithgo, New York)|Teviotdale]], was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
He was buried at [[Trinity Churchyard]] in New York. His home at [[Livingston, New York|Linlithgo]] in [[Columbia County, New York]], known as [[Teviotdale (Linlithgo, New York)|Teviotdale]], was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

===Descendants===
[[Bob Livingston|Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr.]] (b. 1943), a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] from [[Louisiana]] that was the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|Chairman of the Appropriations Committee]] from 1995 to 1999, is Walter Livingston's great-great-great-great-grandson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehill.com/cover-stories/guess-whos-coming-to-the-firm-2007-12-11.html |title=TheHill.com - Guess who's coming to the firm |access-date=2009-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706204516/http://thehill.com/cover-stories/guess-whos-coming-to-the-firm-2007-12-11.html |archive-date=2008-07-06 }}</ref>

Through his daughter Gertrude, he was the grandfather of Fulton Cutting (1816–1875), who married [[Elise Justine Bayard]] (1823–1852) and were the parents of [[William Bayard Cutting]] (1850–1912) and [[Robert Fulton Cutting]] (1852–1934).<ref name="WBCObit1912">{{cite news | title=W.B. CUTTING DIES ON TRAIN | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=2 Mar 1912 | access-date=February 18, 2013 | pages=1|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/03/02/100520219.html?pageNumber=1}}</ref>


==References==
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* {{CongBio|L000373}}
* {{CongBio|L000373}}
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#0G10ZQG2K Political Graveyard]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#0G10ZQG2K Political Graveyard]
* [http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm#philip Livingston family tree]
* [http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm#philip Livingston family tree]
* [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-11/0911725049 Ancestry of ''[[Bob Livingston]]'']
* [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-11/0911725049 Ancestry of ''Bob Livingston'']


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Revision as of 00:31, 16 June 2024

For the American college football player and sport coach, see Walter Livingston (coach). For the American architect, see Walter Livingston (architect).
Walter Livingston
1st Speaker of the New York State Assembly
In office
September 10, 1777 – June 30, 1779
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEvert Bancker
Member of the New York State Assembly from Albany County
In office
July 1, 1784 – June 30, 1785
Preceded byvarious
Succeeded byvarious
In office
September 9, 1777 – June 30, 1779
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byvarious
Personal details
BornNovember 27, 1740
Clermont Manor, Clermont, Columbia County, New York
DiedMay 14, 1797(1797-05-14) (aged 56)
New York City
SpouseCornelia Schuyler
ChildrenHenry Walter Livingston
Parent(s)Robert Livingston
Maria Thong
RelativesLivingston family

Walter Livingston (November 27, 1740 – May 14, 1797) was an American merchant, lawyer and politician.

Early life

He was a son of Robert Livingston (1708–1790), 3rd Lord of Livingston Manor, and Maria Thong Livingston (1711–1765), a granddaughter of Governor Rip Van Dam. His elder brother was Peter R. Livingston. He was a nephew of Philip Livingston (1716–1778)[1] and the grandson of Philip Livingston (1686–1749) and Catharina Van Brugh. He was the great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728), a New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman who was granted a patent to 160,000 acres (650 km2/ 250 sq mi) along the Hudson River, and becoming the first lord of Livingston Manor. His paternal great-grandmother was Alida Schuyler (born 1656), the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler and the widow of Nicholas Van Rensselaer. His great-grandparents were Pieter Van Brugh (1666–1740) and Sara Cuyler.

Life

He was a delegate to the Provincial Convention held in New York in April and May 1775, and a member of the First New York Provincial Congress from May to November 1775. He served as Commissary of Stores and Provisions for the Department of New York from July 17, 1775, until September 7, 1776, when he resigned. He was Deputy Commissary General of the Northern Department in 1775 and 1776.[1]

Walter Livingston's grave at Trinity Church Cemetery.

In 1777, he was appointed a county judge for Albany County. He was a member of the first two state assemblies from 1777 to 1779, and the eighth from 1784–85, as one of ten representatives elected on a county-wide general ticket. He was elected by his fellow representatives to be the inaugural Speaker of the Assembly, also from 1777 to 1779. In 1784, he was a member of the New York and Massachusetts Boundary Commission. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York from 1784 to 1787.[1]

He was a member from New York of the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785. In 1785, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Treasury.[1]

Residence

In 1774, Walter built a Georgian mansion, on a 500-acre estate called Teviotdale in Linlithgo, New York.

Personal life

He married Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822), daughter of Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753) and Gertrude Schuyler (1724–1813), his cousin. Cornelia was the granddaughter of Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), the first mayor of Albany. Their children include:

He was buried at Trinity Churchyard in New York. His home at Linlithgo in Columbia County, New York, known as Teviotdale, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[3]

Descendants

Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (b. 1943), a Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana that was the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee from 1995 to 1999, is Walter Livingston's great-great-great-great-grandson.[4]

Through his daughter Gertrude, he was the grandfather of Fulton Cutting (1816–1875), who married Elise Justine Bayard (1823–1852) and were the parents of William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912) and Robert Fulton Cutting (1852–1934).[5]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d "LIVINGSTON, Walter - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1329.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "TheHill.com - Guess who's coming to the firm". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  5. ^ "W.B. CUTTING DIES ON TRAIN". The New York Times. 2 Mar 1912. p. 1. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
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