Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence

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Robert R. Livingston was an American Founding Father, statesman, and diplomat who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later administered George Washington’s first presidential oath of office.

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instanceOf American diplomat
American statesman
Founding Father of the United States
human
administeredOathOfOfficeTo George Washington
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
date 1789-04-30
dateOfBirth 1746-11-27
dateOfDeath 1813-02-26
educatedAt Columbia University
King's College
surface form: King’s College
event administered George Washington’s first presidential oath of office
familyName Livingston
givenName Robert
memberOf Committee of Five
Continental Congress
memberOfPoliticalParty Anti-Federalists
surface form: Anti-Federalist

Democratic-Republican Party
nativeLanguage English
notableFor role in early U.S. diplomacy with France
service as first U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
notableWork drafting of the Declaration of Independence
negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

drafting of the Declaration of Independence
negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase
place Federal Hall National Memorial
surface form: Federal Hall

New York City
placeOfBirth New York City
Province of New York
placeOfDeath Clermont
New York
positionHeld Chancellor of New York
United States Ambassador to France
surface form: U.S. Minister to France

United States Secretary of State
surface form: U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Clermont Manor
Hudson Valley
surface form: Hudson River Valley
sexOrGender male
sibling Edward Livingston
Janet Livingston
spouse Mary Stevens
workedOn steamboat experiments with Robert Fulton

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