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Edward Livingston (May 28, 1764 – May 23, 1836) was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. [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]
May 24, 2024 · Edward Livingston (born May 28, 1764, Columbia county, N.Y. [U.S.]—died May 23, 1836, Dutchess county, N.Y.) was an American lawyer, legislator, and statesman, who codified criminal law and procedure. Livingston was admitted to the bar in 1785 and began to practice law in New York City.
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Edward Livingston was appointed Secretary of State by President Andrew Jackson on May 24, 1831. Livingston entered duty on the same day. His tenure as Secretary of State ended on May 29, 1833.
May 23, 2018 · Edward Livingston was born in 1764 into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in America. His father was the largest landholder in New York, owning on the eve of the Revolution more than 250, 000 acres between Manhattan and Albany.
Edward Livingston. 1764 – 1836. Edward Livingston was born in New York in 1764, the younger brother of the revolutionary statesman Robert R. Livingston. Educated at Princeton College, he studied law and began the practice of law in 1785.
Jan 19, 2024 · Edward Livingston, regarded as “the first legal genius of modern times,” was born in Clermont, New York in 1764, before the American Revolution. After graduating in 1781 from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), Livingston studied law for four years before being admitted to the New York bar.
Although Edward Livingston is justly renowned as a reformer of the criminal law, his prominence in the history of the move-ment to abolish capital punishment remains little appreciated. In fact, Livingston battled capital punishment over a thirty-five-year period and seems to have been the key figure in initiating the na-
