Robert R. Livingston

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Founding Father of the United States diplomat human lawyer

Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Founding Father of the United States → diplomat → human → lawyer →
birthDate	1746-11-27 →
birthPlace	New York City →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
date	1789-04-30 →
deathDate	1813-02-26 →
deathPlace	Clermont, New York →
educatedAt	Columbia University (predecessor institution) → King's College →
employer	State of New York → United States government →
familyName	Livingston →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → law → politics →
givenName	Robert →
hasRole	administer of first U.S. presidential oath →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English → French →
memberOf	Committee of Five → Continental Congress → Livingston family → New York Provincial Congress →
nativeLanguage	English →
nobleTitle	Chancellor Livingston →
notableEvent	administered the presidential oath of office to George Washington →
notableWork	New York State Constitution (contribution) → drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence → negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase →
occupation	diplomat → judge → lawyer → politician →
participatedIn	American Revolution →
positionHeld	Chancellor of New York → U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs → United States Minister to France →
religion	Presbyterianism →
represented	United States in France →
residence	Clermont Manor →
sexOrGender	male →
significantProject	Louisiana Purchase treaty →
workLocation	New York → Paris →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chancellor Livingston ("Robert R. Livingston (Founding Father)") → Chancellor of New York →	notableOfficeHolder
United States Declaration of Independence →	committeeMember
Robert Fulton →	employer
Committee of Five →	hasMember
Livingston family →	hasNotableMember
Chancellor Livingston ("Robert R. Livingston, administrator of George Washington’s first presidential oath of office") →	hasNotablePerson
Chancellor Livingston →	heldBy
Second Continental Congress →	member
Chancellor Livingston ("Robert R. Livingston (1746–1813)") →	officeHeldBy
Chancellor of New York →	officeHoldersInclude
New York Provincial Congress →	participant
United States Declaration of Independence →	signer
Louisiana Purchase →	significantFigure