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Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Senate | |
| In office September 9, 1777 – June 12, 1778 | |
| Preceded by | Created |
| Succeeded by | James Jay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 15, 1716 Albany, New York, British America |
| Died | June 12, 1778 (aged 62) York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse |
Christina Ten Broeck
(m. 1740) |
| Children | 9 |
| Parent(s) | Philip Livingston Catherine Van Brugh |
| Relatives | See Livingston family |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
| Occupation | Merchant, politician |
| Signature |  |
Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 – June 12, 1778) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic sanctions upon Great Britain as a way of pressuring the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts.[1] Livingston was also a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.[2]
- ^ "First Continental Congress: Proceedings of the First Continental Congress". ushistory.org. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Independence Hall Association. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Philip Livingston". dsdi1776.com/. The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. December 11, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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