
Family tree of Edward LIVINGSTON
American politician
Born Edward LIVINGSTON
American jurist and statesman
Born on May 28, 1764 in Clermont, New York, USA , United States
Died on May 23, 1836 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA
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Livingston was a prominent opponent of the Alien and Sedition Laws, introduced legislation on behalf of American seamen, and in 1800 attacked the president for permitting the extradition to the British government of Jonathan Robbins, who had committed murder on an English frigate and then escaped to South Carolina and falsely claimed to be an American citizen. In the debate on this question Livingston was opposed by John Marshall.
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