POLITICIAN

Robert R. Livingston

1746 - 1813

Photo of Robert R. Livingston

Icon of person Robert R. Livingston

Robert Robert Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor" after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman, but was recalled by the state of New York before he could sign the document. Livingston administered the oath of office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency April 30, 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert R. Livingston is the 2,501st most popular politician (up from 13,923rd in 2019), the 882nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,164th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Robert R. Livingston by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert R. Livingston ranks 2,501 out of 19,576Before him are Charles II of Navarre, François Grimaldi, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Ahaziah of Judah, and Alfonso VII of León and Castile. After him are Martin of Aragon, Muršili II, Heinrich Lübke, Marcus Atilius Regulus, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, and Souphanouvong.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Robert R. Livingston ranks 9Before him are Gustav III of Sweden, Carlo Buonaparte, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Giuseppe Piazzi, Gaspard Monge, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. After him are Maurice Benyovszky, William Jones, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Giovanni Battista Venturi, George XII of Georgia, and Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville. Among people deceased in 1813, Robert R. Livingston ranks 8Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov, Józef Poniatowski, George Shaw, André Grétry, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, and Empress Go-Sakuramachi. After him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Christoph Martin Wieland, Jean-Andoche Junot, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.

Others Born in 1746

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1813

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert R. Livingston ranks 882 out of 20,380Before him are Robert Kardashian (1944), Richard F. Heck (1931), Charles Bolden (1946), Paul Simon (1941), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Richard Meier (1934). After him are Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Don Johnson (1949), William Standish Knowles (1917), Frances E. Allen (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), and David Koch (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert R. Livingston ranks 91Before him are Andrew Mellon (1855), Laura Bush (1946), Boris Johnson (1964), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Jill Biden (1951), and Charles Bolden (1946). After him are Patrick Leahy (1940), John Lewis (1940), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Crazy Horse (1840), and Greg Abbott (1957).