Philip Livingston

Philip Livingston
Member of the
New York State Senate
In office
September 9, 1777 – June 12, 1778
Preceded byCreated
Succeeded byJames Jay
Personal details
Born(1716-01-15)January 15, 1716
Albany, New York, British America
DiedJune 12, 1778(1778-06-12) (aged 62)
York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Christina Ten Broeck
(m. 1740)
Children9
Parent(s)Philip Livingston
Catherine Van Brugh
RelativesSee Livingston family
Alma materYale College
OccupationMerchant, politician
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Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts.[1] Livingston was also a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.[2]

  1. ^ "First Continental Congress: Proceedings of the First Continental Congress". ushistory.org. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Independence Hall Association. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Philip Livingston". dsdi1776.com/. The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. December 11, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2018.