Robert L. Tillotson

Robert Livingston Tillotson (1786 - July 22, 1878 Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Thomas Tillotson and Margaret Livingston Tillotson.

He was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1819 to 1828. During his tenure, the Norwegian sloop Restoration was seized by the port authorities upon its arrival at New York, and he filed the papers in the US District Court. The owners, Norwegian immigrants, got the ship released by a pardon signed by President John Quincy Adams.

Political offices
Preceded by Peter Buell Porter	Secretary of State of New York 1816 - 1817	Succeeded by Charles D. Cooper
Legal offices
Preceded by Jonathan Fisk	U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York 1819 - 1828	Succeeded by John Duer

Secretaries of State of New York

J Scott • L Scott • Hale • T Tillotson • Jenkins • T Tillotson • Jenkins • Hale • Jenkins • Rensselaer • Porter • R Tillotson • Cooper • Yates • Flagg • Dix • Spencer • Campbell* • Young • Benton • Morgan • Randall • Leavenworth • Headley • Tucker • Floyd-Jones • Ballard • Depew • Barlow • Nelson • Scribner • Willers • Bigelow • Beach • Carr • Cook • Rice • Palmer • McDonough • O'Brien • Whalen • Koenig • Lazansky • May • Hugo • Lyons • Hamilton • Knapp • Moses • Flynn • Walsh • Curran • DeSapio • Simon • Lomenzo • Ghezzi • Cuomo • Paterson • Shaffer • Treadwell • Daniels • Milano* • Jacobs • Cortés-Vázquez • Colón* • Perales * denotes Acting

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Name	Tillotson, Robert Livingston
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Date of birth	1786
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Date of death	July 22, 1878
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