LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM
\lˈɪvɪŋstən], \lˈɪvɪŋstən], \l_ˈɪ_v_ɪ_ŋ_s_t_ə_n]\
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(1723-1790), was a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. He was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention that framed the Constitution and signed that instrument.
By John Franklin Jameson
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