John Henry Livingston

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The Reverend John Henry Livingston (1746 near Poughkeepsie, New York – 25 January 1825) was the fourth President of Queen's College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1810 until his death in 1825.

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Reverend Livingston was graduated from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in 1762. He earned a Doctor of Theology from the University of Utrecht and was ordained into the ministry by the Classis of Amsterdam in 1770. Subsequent to his return from the Netherlands, Livingston served as a pastor to the Reformed Church in New York City, becoming a leading figure in the church and negotiating the peaceful reunifications of its two opposing factions. When Queen's College offered him the presidency as early as 1807, he initially declined. However, the Trustees continued to offer, and Livingston accepted the post in 1810, in addition to a Professorship in Theology after assurances that he would be required only to perform limited duties at the college. At that time, Queen's College once again fell into financial trouble and was forced to close its doors in 1816, and Livingston who continued theological instruction at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (which shared facilities with Queen's College), continued to lobby and fundraise for the reopening of Queen's College, which would happen ten months after his death in 1825.

Livingston was married to his second cousin, Sarah Livingston, a daughter of Philip Livingston.^[1]