Edward St. Loe Livermore Explained

Edward St. Loe Livermore
State:Massachusetts
District:3rd
Term Start:March 4, 1807
Term End:March 3, 1811
Preceded:Jeremiah Nelson
Succeeded:Leonard White
Birth Date:5 April 1762
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire, British America
Death Place:Tewksbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting Place:Granary Burying Ground
Party:Federalist
Profession:Law

Edward St. Loe Livermore (April 5, 1762 – September 15, 1832), son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Arthur Livermore, was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire on April 5, 1762. Livermore pursued classical studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire and later practised in Portsmouth.

Livermore served as United States district attorney 1794-1797.[1] Livermore also served as State Solicitor for Rockingham County 1791-1793, Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature 1797-1799, and a naval officer for the port of Portsmouth 1799-1802. He moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1802 and was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1811).

Livermore was not a candidate for renomination in 1810. Livermore resumed the practice of law, moved to Boston in 1811, then to Zanesville, Ohio. Livermore returned to Boston, and then moved to Tewksbury where he lived in retirement until his death there on September 15, 1832. His interment was in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston.

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[2]

Livermore was the father of Samuel Livermore, the authority on civil law and of Harriet Livermore (1788–1868), a prominent Millerite preacher.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Washington. George. Founders Online: From George Washington to the United States Senate, 14 February … . Founder's Online. National Archives. February 29, 2016.
  2. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistl American Antiquarian Society Members Directory