OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Henry Brockholst Livingston
BORN:
November 25, 1757
New York City, New York,
DIED:
March 18, 1823 (age 65)
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), BA, 1774
Classmate of James Madison at Princeton
Read Law, 1783
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1775-1777:
Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army,
Saff of Gen. Philip Schuyler
1779-1782:
Private Secretary to U.S. minister to Spain John Jay
1782:
Imprisoned by British in New York
1783:
Admitted to the New York Bar
1783-1802:
Practiced Law in New York City
1802-1806
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York
1806-1823:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
SOURCES
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Historical Society of the NY Courts
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia