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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he signed the Continental Association and the United States Constitution.
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century.
William Livingston (born Nov. 30, 1723, Albany, N.Y. [U.S.]—died July 25, 1790, Elizabeth, N.J.) was the 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).
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William Livingston (November 30, 1723 – July 25, 1790) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War.
William Livingston Full Biography. I was born in 1723 into a wealthy New York family descended from early Dutch and English settlers. I graduated from Yale University and practiced law in New York City from the 1740s through the 1760s.
Livingston commanded the New Jersey militia from 1776 until 1783, which required regular correspondence with General George Washington. Born in Albany, New York, Livingston was a scion of one of the colony's most wealthy and influential families.
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William Livingston, who represented New Jersey at the Constitutional Convention, was one of the new nation's authentic renaissance figures. An accomplished man of letters, linguist, agronomist,...
