Legacy
In 1754, Livingston played a key role in founding the New York Society Library, which is still in existence over a quarter of a millennium later.
Livingston's daughter, Susannah, married John Cleves Symmes in 1780 and became the stepmother-in-law of President William Henry Harrison. Another descendant of William Livingston was Julia Kean, wife of United States Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish.
The township of Livingston, New Jersey was given its name in his honor, as was Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
The Livingston campus of Rutgers University New Brunswick also was given its name in his honor.
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