H. BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON

3. JEFFERSON
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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

PORTRAIT:

Artist: Casimir Gregory Stapko (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)