Livingston, William

Livingston, William
born Nov. 30, 1723, Albany, N.Y.
died July 25, 1790, Elizabeth, N.J.

American politician.

He served in the New York legislature (1759–60), wrote political pamphlets and newspaper articles, and helped prepare a digest of New York laws for the period 1691 to 1756. He moved to New Jersey in 1772 and represented the colony in the Continental Congress (1774–76). As New Jersey's first governor (1776–90), he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and led his state to an early ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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▪ United States statesman
born Nov. 30, 1723, Albany, N.Y. [U.S.]
died July 25, 1790, Elizabeth, N.J.
 first Revolutionary governor of New Jersey.

      A graduate of Yale, Livingston was admitted to the New York bar in 1748 and served briefly in the New York legislature (1759–60). His chief political influence was exerted through pamphlets and newspaper articles, first in the short-lived Independent Reflector (1752–53), which he founded, and later in the New York Mercury. With the historian William Smith, he prepared a digest of the laws of New York for the period 1691–1756 (2 vol., 1752–62).

      Moving to New Jersey in 1772, he represented that colony in the First and Second Continental Congresses (1774–76) but left Philadelphia in June 1776 to command the New Jersey troops. Chosen in 1776 as the state's first governor, he was regularly reelected to that office until his death. He was a delegate to the federal Constitutional Convention of 1787, and the following year led his state to an early ratification of the new constitution.

      Livingston's brother Philip (1716–78) was a member of the First Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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