Charles L. Livingston
American politician
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Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800 – April 1873) was an American politician from New York.[1]
Charles L. Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Senate (1st District) | |
| In office 1834–1837 | |
| Preceded by | Alpheus Sherman |
| Succeeded by | Gulian C. Verplanck |
| Speaker of the New York State Assembly | |
| In office 1832–1833 | |
| Preceded by | George R. Davis |
| Succeeded by | William Baker |
| Member of the New York State Assembly for New York County | |
| In office 1829-1833 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Ludlow Livingston 1800 |
| Died | April 1873 (aged 72–73) |
| Party | Jacksonian |
| Spouse |
Margaret Allen (until 1873) |
| Children | Catherine Livingston Langdon |
| Parent(s) | Cornelia Van Horne Philip Peter Livingston |
| Relatives | Philip Livingston (grandfather) |
Early life
Livingston was the son of Cornelia Van Horne Livingston (b. 1759) and Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810), a New York State Senator from 1789 to 1793 and from 1795 to 1798.[2] His surviving brother was Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1792–1868),[3][1][4] the father of 9 children.[5]
He was a grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710–1792), a New York State Treasurer, and a great-great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654–1728), the 2nd Lord of Livingston Manor.[1]
Career
Livingston was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 and 1833; and was Speaker in 1832 and 1833. He was a Jacksonian.[6]
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1834 to 1837, sitting in the 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th New York State Legislatures.[7][8]
Personal life
He married Margaret Allen (1804–1873),[5] and their only child was:[1][4]
- Catherine Ludlow Livingston (1825–1883), who married to Walter Langdon (1822–1894), the son of Walter Langdon (1788–1847) and Dorothea Astor (1795–1874), in 1847.[4] After her death, she was buried at St. James's Church in Hyde Park, New York.
Livingston died in April 1873.[1]