1To James Madison from Edward Livingston, 19 May 1822 (Madison Papers)
...in 1781, and admitted to the bar in New York in 1786. A fervent Republican, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1795–1801, where he opposed the Jay Treaty and the Alien and Sedition Acts. He was appointed U.S. attorney for the New York district by Thomas Jefferson, but when in 1803 a large shortfall was found in federal money entrusted to his care, Livingston was forced to resign...