

Thrust him into the hurly-burly of politics.

In fact, Livingston sincerely desired the quiet life of a country gentleman,īut his exceptional organizational skills and dedication to popular causes repeatedly The many facets of his personality combined to form a complex publicįigure who stood at the forefront of those fighting for independence and theĬreation of a strong national government. Society, he was also a notable man of action, as attorney, soldier, and state Of letters, linguist, agronomist, and charter member of the American Philosophical Was one of the new nation's authentic renaissance figures. William Livingston, who represented New Jersey at the Constitutional Convention, Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York Birth: 30 November 1723, at Albany, New Yorkĭeath: 25 July 1790, at Liberty Hall, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
