Bob Livingston
| Bob Livingston | |
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| Chair of the House Appropriations Committee | |
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In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Obey |
| Succeeded by | Bill Young |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district |
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In office August 27, 1977 – March 1, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Rick Tonry |
| Succeeded by | David Vitter |
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Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. April 30, 1943 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Bonnie Robichaux |
| Children | Robert Richard David SuShan |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1961–1963 (Active) 1963–1967 (Reserve) |
Robert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana. He was Chairman of the Appropriations Committee from 1995–1999, and he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives late in 1998, but instead retired over concerns his extramarital affair would inhibit his efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton.
Livingston was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a descendant of the Livingston family of New York, whose members include Philip, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence; Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, a co-author of the Declaration and author of the Louisiana Purchase; his younger brother, Edward, Aide de Camp and later Secretary of State to President Andrew Jackson, and who had earlier in his career held the same Congressional seat (La-1) as Bob Livingston. Livingston is a direct descendant of Henry Livingston, who was probably the (then anonymous) author of the poem, The Night Before Christmas,and French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse, who together with General George Washington cornered and defeated British General Cornwallis in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, thereby concluding the American Revolutionary War. De Grasse's daughter, Sylvie, married Henry Walter Livingston, ancestors of the Congressman.
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