Robert Le Roy Livingston (October 10, 1778 – April 14, 1836) was a United States representative from New York.
[4] His parents were of Scottish and French Huguenot descent, whose families had been in the New York colony for generations.
[6] He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry on January 14, 1799 and honorably discharged on June 15, 1800.
He was elected as a Federalist from New York to the Eleventh and Twelfth United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1809 until May 6, 1812, when he resigned.
[6] When the War of 1812 started, Livingston was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-third Infantry on May 29, 1812 and served until February 1, 1813, when he resigned.