WILLIAM LIVINGSTON

1723-1790

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention (New Jersey)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: Yale

Occupation: lawyer

Political Affiliation:

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Summary of Religious Views:

Livingston was originally Dutch Reformed, but converted to Presbyterianism.

Views on Religion & Politics:

Livingston was sometimes called the "Presbyterian lawyer" because he used his legal skills to fight Anglican privilege.

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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Works by William Livingston

ed. by Carl E. Prince, et al., The Papers of William Livingston, New Jersey Historical Commission, 1979-
Selections From The Correspondence Of The Executive Of New Jersey, From 1776 To 1786 (1848), Daily Advertiser Office, 1848

Biographies

James J Gigantino II, William Livingston's American Revolution, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018
Edwin B. Livingston, The Livingstons of Livingston Manor, Knickerbocker Press, 1910
Dorothy Rita Dillon, The New York Triumvirate: A Study of the Legal and Political Careers of William Livingston, John Morin Scott, William Smith, Jr., Columbia Univ. Press, 1949
Carl E. Prince, William Livingston, New Jersey's First Governor, New Jersey Historical Commission, 1975
Theodore Sedgwick, Jr., A Memoir of the Life of William Livingston,. . ., J.& J. Harper, 1833; reprint

Articles

Ed. by Frank Monaghan, "Unpublished Correspondence of William Livingston and John Jay," Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 52, July 1934, pp.141-62
Milton Martin Klein, "The Rise of the New York Bar: The Legal Career of William Livingston," William and Mary Quarterly 3d ser., Vol. 15, July 1958, pp. 334-58

Links

Works by William Livingston

Documents (Constitutional Sources Project)

Biographical Sites

LIVINGSTON, William, 1723-1790 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
William Livingston (National Archives -- The Founding Fathers)
William Livingston (Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution -- Center of Military History, United States Army)
Gov. William Livingston (National Governors Association)