Edward Livingston
New York, New York, New York
Marker Inscription
New York, home of distinguished Americans Edward Livingston May 28, 1764 - May 23, 1836 U.S. Secretary of State 1831-33 Representative from New York 1795-1801 Mayor of New York City 1801-03 Representative from Louisiana 1823-29 Senator from Louisiana 1829-31 Minister to France 1833-35 Lived in a house on this site from 1784 to 1795 Plaque erected 1965 by The New York Community Trust
The Story
Edward Livingston lived on this Lower Manhattan site as a young man in the 1780s and 90s, at the start of a career that would carry him across the young republic. He served New York as congressman and mayor, then reinvented himself in Louisiana after the Purchase, returning to Congress and the Senate before becoming Secretary of State and minister to France. He is best remembered for drafting a pioneering criminal code, an early American attempt to reform and humanize the law.
Why it matters
Livingston embodies the mobility of the founding generation, binding the older Atlantic cities to the newly acquired lands of the Gulf South as the nation stretched westward.
Plan your visit
NearbyMake a day of it — museums, food, and places to stay near this marker.
Museums & culture
- South Street Seaport Museum0.1 mi away · 12 Fulton Street
- Museum of American Finance0.2 mi away
- Fraunces Tavern Museum0.4 mi away · 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY
- MĒRCER LABS0.4 mi away · 21 Dey Street
- Pilecki Institute0.4 mi away · 92 Greenwich Street, New York, NY
- National Museum of the American Indian0.4 mi away · 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY
Attractions
- South Street Seaport0.1 mi away
- Wavertree0.2 mi away
- Ambrose0.2 mi away
- PIER 170.2 mi away
- New York Stock Exchange0.3 mi away · 11 Wall Street
- The Genius of Communication0.3 mi away
Food & drink
- Maman1.6 mi away
- Bluestone Lane1.6 mi away
- Yaso1.6 mi away · 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ
- Sweetgreen1.6 mi away
- Krispy Pizza1.6 mi away · 33 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ
- Semicolon Cafe1.6 mi away
Places to stay
- Holiday Inn Expressnearby · 126 Water Street, New York, NY
- Hotel Indigonearby · 120 Water Street, New York, NY
- The Wall Street Hotel0.1 mi away · 88 Wall Street, New York, NY
- Hyatt Centric0.1 mi away · 75 Wall Street, New York, NY
- Radisson Hotel New York Wall Street0.2 mi away · 52 William Street, New York, NY
- Wall Street Inn0.3 mi away · 9 South William Street, New York, NY
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