Henry A. Livingston

Henry Alexander Livingston (August 26, 1776 – June 9, 1849 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of John Henry Livingston (1746–1825), President of Queen's College, and Sarah Livingston (1752–1814), a daughter of Signer Philip Livingston (1716–1778).

Henry A. Livingston married Elizabeth Beekman (1779–1811), and they had nine children. He then married Frederika Charlotte Ulrica Sayers (1797–1870), and they also had nine children.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.) in 1827.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) from 1838 to 1841, sitting in the 61st, 62nd, 63rd and 64th New York State Legislatures.

He was buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.

Through his mother, he was a first cousin of Lt. Gov. Edward P. Livingston, and his aunt, Helena Livingston (1767–1859), was married to Justice Jonas Platt (1769–1834).

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 131ff, 143, 205 and 288; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Death notice in The American Quarterly Register and Magazine publ. by James Stryker (Philadelphia, 1849; Vol. II, No. II, pg. 505)
• The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution by Benson J. Lossing (New York City, 1855; Vol. 1, pg. 383f)
• Livingston family tree

External links

• Henry A. Livingston at Find a Grave