William Livingston

William Livingston served as Governor of New Jersey for 14 years ~ from Aug. 31, 1776, until his death on July 25, 1790. A Yale graduate and a lawyer, he was a delegate to the federal Constitutional Convention in 1787 and one of the signers of the Constitution; a member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; and served as a brigadier general of the New Jersey Militia from 1775-1776. A New Yorker by birth, he served in Congress with his brother, Philip, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He moved to Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth) in 1772, and it was there he died.

[Credit: portrait by John Wollaston, Fraunces Tavern Museum]