Charles L. Livingston Explained

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]

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

He married Margaret Allen (1804–1873),[8] and their only child was:[1] [4]

Livingston died in April 1873.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Livingston. Edwin Brockholst. 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. 1910. The Knickerbocker Press. New York. 26 April 2017. en.
  2. Book: New York State. Laws of the State of New York Passed at the Thirty-Seventh Session of the Legislature. 1814. H. C. Southwick. Albany. 26 April 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1792-1868). www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. 26 April 2017. en.
  4. Book: Selleck, A.M.. Rev. Charles Melbourne. Norwalk. 1896. Charles M. Selleck. Norwalk, Connecticut. 26 April 2017. en.
  5. Book: 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. 1858. Weed, Parsons and Co.. 129. 26 April 2017. en.
  6. Web site: Livingston, Charles Ludlow. NYPL Digital Collections. New York Public Library. 26 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Princeton University Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials (C1508) -- Livingston, Charles Ludlow, 1800–1873, Letter from H. Burkett Concerning a Damaged Horse . findingaids.princeton.edu. Princeton University Library. 26 April 2017.
  8. Book: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XI. 1880. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. New York City. 26 April 2017. en.