Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Robert R. Livingston (November 27, 1746 - February 26, 1813), of New York, was a delegate to the New York state constitutional convention and a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence, though he was recalled by his state before he could sign it. He was a candidate for governor of New York in 1798, was U.S. Minister to France from 1801 - 1804, and negotiated the Louisiana Purchase. Livingston County, Kentucky, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, and Livingston County, New York are named for him. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.