- Walter Livingston
Walter Livingston (
November 27 ,1740 Clermont Manor , Clermont,Columbia County, New York -May 14 ,1797 New York City ) was an American merchant, lawyer and politician.Family
He was a son of
Robert Livingston (1708-1790) and Maria Thong Livingston. He was a nephew ofPhilip Livingston . He married Cornelia Schuyler, their son isHenry Walter Livingston .Bob Livingston is Walter Livingston's great-great-great-great-grandson.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.In 1777, he was appointed a county judge for Albany County. He was a member of the
New York State Assembly from 1777 to 1779 and 1784-85, and served as 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 theUniversity of New York from 1784 to 1787.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 buried at
Trinity Churchyard in New York.References
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#0G10ZQG2K Political Graveyard]
* [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 "]
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