Leonidas F. Livingston

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Leonidas Felix Livingston (born April 3, 1832 in Covington , Newton County , Georgia , †  February 11, 1912 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1911 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Leonidas Livingston attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. During the Civil War he was a soldier in the army of the Confederacy . He then continued his farming activities in Newton County. Politically, Livingston was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1876 and 1881 he sat several times as an MP in the Georgia House of Representatives ; in 1882 and 1883 he was a member of the State Senate . Livingston was a member of the Georgia Agricultural Society. He served as its vice-president for eleven years and as its president for four years.

In the congressional election of 1890 Livingston was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Georgia, where he succeeded John D. Stewart on March 4, 1891 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911 . During this time, the Spanish-American War of 1898 took place . At that time, Hawaii and the Philippines also came under American administration. In 1910, Livingston was not nominated by his party for another term in Congress.

After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Livingston returned to working as a farmer in Newton County. He died on February 11, 1912 in the federal capital Washington and was buried near Covington. He was married to Martha Griffin (1832-1914), with whom he had nine children.

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SURNAME Livingston, Leonidas F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Livingston, Leonidas Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH near Covington , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1912
Place of death Washington, DC