[1] Peter Robert Livingston was born on October 3, 1766, in New York City.
[8][9] In 1823, he was a member of the New York State Assembly for Dutchess County,[8] and was elected Speaker as a Democratic-Republican/Bucktail, with 117 votes out of 123.
[8] In 1828, when Lieutenant Governor Nathaniel Pitcher succeeded to the governorship after the death of Gov.
DeWitt Clinton, Livingston was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate and became Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York.
[4] He was originally buried at the Dutch Reformed Church in Rhinebeck, but later reinterred at an unknown location.