Henry W. Livingston
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- For the Supreme Court justice, see Henry B. Livingston
Henry Walter Livingston (1768 Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York - December 22, 1810) was a United States Representative from New York and son of Continental Congressman Walter Livingston.
He graduated from Yale College in 1786, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City. From 1792 to 1794 he was private secretary to Gouverneur Morris, who was American Minister Plenipotentiary to Paris, France. Livingston was then judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1802 and again in 1810, and was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1807. He died near Linlithgo.
