Charles L. Livingston | |
Office: | Member of the New York State Senate (1st District) |
Term: | 1834-1837 |
Predecessor: | Alpheus Sherman |
Successor: | Gulian C. Verplanck |
Office1: | Speaker of the New York State Assembly |
Term1: | 1832–1833 |
Predecessor1: | George R. Davis |
Successor1: | William Baker |
Office2: | Member of the New York State Assembly for New York County |
Term2: | 1829-1833 |
Birth Name: | Charles Ludlow Livingston |
Birth Date: | 1800 |
Death Date: | April 1873 |
Party: | Jacksonian |
Parents: | Cornelia Van Horne Philip Peter Livingston |
Children: | Catherine Livingston Langdon |
Relatives: | Philip Livingston (grandfather) |
Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800 – April 1873) was an American politician from New York.[1]
Livingston was the son of Cornelia Van Horne Livingston (b. 1759) and Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810), a New York State Senator from 1789 to 1793 and from 1795 to 1798.[2] His surviving brother was Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868),[3] [1] [4] the father of 9 children.
He was a grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710–1792), a New York State Treasurer, and a great-great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654–1728), the 2nd Lord of Livingston Manor.[1]
Livingston was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 and 1833; and was Speaker in 1832 and 1833. He was a Jacksonian.[5]
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1834 to 1837, sitting in the 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th New York State Legislatures.[6] [7]
He married Margaret Allen (1804–1873),[8] and their only child was:[1] [4]
Livingston died in April 1873.[1]