Peter R. Livingston

For the New York delegate to the Continental Congress, see Peter Van Brugh Livingston.

Peter Robert Livingston (October 3, 1766 – January 19, 1847 Rhinebeck, New York) was an American politician who served as Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York from February to October 1828.

Life

He was the son of Robert James Livingston (1725–1771) and Susanna (Smith) Livingston (1729–1791, daughter of Chief Justice William Smith). Judge Maturin Livingston was his brother.

Career

He was a member of the New York State Senate (Southern D.) from 1815 to 1822, sitting in the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th and 45th New York State Legislatures. In 1823, he was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.), and was elected Speaker. From 1826 to 1829, he was again a member of the State Senate (2nd D.), sitting in the 49th, 50th, 51st and 52nd New York State Legislatures. In 1828, when Lieutenant Governor Nathaniel Pitcher succeeded to the governorship after the death of Gov. DeWitt Clinton, Livingston was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate and became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York.

He was again a member of the State Assembly (Columbia Co.) in 1839.

Personal life

He married Joanna Livingston (1759–1827), the sister of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston and Edward Livingston.

He was originally buried at the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, but later reinterred at an unknown location.

Sources

Jabez Delano Hammond: The History of Political Parties in the State of New York (Baltimore, 1850)
Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel B. Romaine	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1823	Succeeded by Richard Goodell
New York State Senate
Preceded by Stephen Thorn	New York State Senate Second District (Class 3) 1826–1829	Succeeded by Nathaniel P. Tallmadge
Preceded by Nathaniel Pitcher	Lieutenant Governor of New York Acting 1828	Succeeded by Charles Dayan Acting

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of New York

Governors	G. Clinton Jay G. Clinton Lewis Tompkins Tayler D. Clinton Yates D. Clinton Pitcher Van Buren Throop Marcy Seward Bouck Wright Young Fish Hunt Seymour Clark King Morgan Seymour Fenton Hoffman J. Adams Dix Tilden Robinson Cornell Cleveland Hill Flower Morton Black T. Roosevelt Odell Higgins Hughes White J. Alden Dix Sulzer Glynn Whitman Smith Miller Smith F. Roosevelt Lehman Poletti Dewey Harriman Rockefeller Wilson Carey M. Cuomo Pataki Spitzer Paterson A. Cuomo

Lieutenant Governors	Van Cortlandt S. Van Rensselaer J. Van Rensselaer Broome Tayler Clinton Tayler Swift Tayler Root Tallmadge Pitcher P. Livingston Dayan Throop Stebbins Oliver E. Livingston Tracy Bradish Dickinson Gardiner Lester Fish Patterson Church Raymond Selden Campbell Floyd-Jones Alvord Woodford Beach Robinson Dorsheimer Hoskins Hill McCarthy Jones Sheehan Saxton Woodruff Higgins Bruce Raines Chanler White Cobb Conway Glynn Wagner Schoeneck Walker Wood Lusk Lunn Lowman Corning Lehman Bray Poletti Hanley Wallace Hanley Moore Wicks Mahoney DeLuca Wilson Anderson Krupsak Cuomo DelBello Anderson Lundine McCaughey Donohue Paterson Bruno Skelos Smith Espada Ravitch Duffy Hochul

Italics indicate acting officeholders

Speakers of the New York State Assembly

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36775451 LCCN: nr91033890

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