Henry Brockholst Livingston
Personal
Birthday:
11/25/1757
Birthplace:
New York, NY
Date of Death:
3/18/1823
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Continental Army lieutenant colonel, staff of Gen. Philip Schuyler, 1775-1777
Private secretary, U.S. minister to Spain John Jay, 1779-1782
Imprisoned by British in New York, 1782
Private practice, New York City, 1783-1802
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1802-1807
Received recess appointment to U.S. District Court for the District of New York, May 16, 1805; declined appointment
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1774
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1783 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Thomas Jefferson
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
01/16/1807
Termination Date:
03/18/1823
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, March 9, 1808-March 18, 1823