Robert R. Livingston
| Region | Occupation | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America, Mid-Atlantic | Businessman, Politician | 1746 | 1813 |
New Yorker (King's College, 1765) who sided with the Revolution; served in several posts in New York and in national government in 1780s-90s. Involved as Jefferson's minister to France in the Louisiana Purchase. His interest and financing made possible the experiments of Robert Fulton in France and later the success of the steamboat Clermont on the Hudson. Successfully secured a monopoly on steam boat traffic on Hudson for himself and Fulton, an arrangement ended by the Supreme Court decison in Ogden v. Gibbs (1824).
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