Robert R. Livingston

Robert Livingston
7th United States Minister to France
In office
December 6, 1801 – November 18, 1804
PresidentThomas Jefferson
Preceded byCharles Cotesworth Pinckney
Succeeded byJohn Armstrong
1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
October 20, 1781 – June 4, 1783
Appointed byCongress of the Confederation
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Jay
1st Chancellor of New York
In office
July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1801
GovernorGeorge Clinton
John Jay
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJohn Lansing
Personal details
Born(1746-11-27)November 27, 1746
New York City, New York, British America
DiedFebruary 26, 1813(1813-02-26) (aged 66)
Clermont, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Spouse
Mary Stevens
(m. 1770)
Children2
RelativesRobert Livingston (father)
Edward Livingston (brother)
Robert Livingston (grandfather)
EducationColumbia College (BA)
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Robert Robert[a] Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman, but was recalled by the state of New York before he could sign the document. Livingston administered the oath of office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency April 30, 1789. Livingston was also elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1801.[1]


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  1. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-31.