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Edward Livingston | |
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| United States Minister to France | |
| In office September 30, 1833 – April 29, 1835 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Levett Harris (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Cass |
| 11th United States Secretary of State | |
| In office May 24, 1831 – May 29, 1833 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Martin Van Buren |
| Succeeded by | Louis McLane |
| United States Senator from Louisiana | |
| In office March 4, 1829 – May 24, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny |
| Succeeded by | George A. Waggaman |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Josiah S. Johnston (At-large) |
| Succeeded by | Edward Douglass White Sr. |
| 46th Mayor of New York City | |
| In office 1801–1803 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Varick |
| Succeeded by | DeWitt Clinton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | |
| Preceded by | John Watts |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Mitchill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 28, 1764 Clermont, New York, British America |
| Died | May 23, 1836 (aged 71) Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican (before 1825) Jacksonian (1825–1836) |
| Spouses | Mary McEvers
(m. 1788; died 1801)Louise d'Avezac de Castera
(m. 1805) |
| Relations | See Livingston family |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) |
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Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764 – May 23, 1836) was an American slaveholder, jurist and statesman.[1] He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code.[2] Livingston represented both New York and then Louisiana in Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1831 to 1833[3] and Minister to France from 1833 to 1835 under President Andrew Jackson. He was also the 46th mayor of New York City.
- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (January 10, 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved April 29, 2024
- ^ Lawrence Friedman, A History of American Law (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 118. Louisiana, along with Scotland and Quebec, is one of a few "mixed" jurisdictions whose law derives from both the civil and the common law traditions.
- ^ U.S. Department of State, "Secretary of State Edward Livingston" (July 15, 2003), http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/livingston-edward.