Jacob H. Livingston

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Jacob H. Livingston (August 1, 1896 – October 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on August 1, 1896, in New York City. He attended Public School No. 62 (Manhattan) and Townsend Harris High School. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1916.[1] He married Rose, and they had one daughter: Helen D. (Livingston) Deixel.[2]

Livingston was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 22nd D.) in 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935.

He was a member of the

New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938. At a hearing on Bellevue Hospital in April 1938, Livingston said that prison psychosis was "tommyrot", and asked psychiatrists to be less scientific, but more practical, when diagnosing criminal patients.[3]

He was a justice of the City Court from 1939 to 1945; and of the

restrictive covenant, he enjoined a woman from selling her house to an African-American buyer. The injunction was upheld unanimously by the Appellate Division.[4] In 1948, a bill to outlaw restrictive covenants was introduced in the Legislature.[5] In July 1948, Livingston's injunction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals.[6]

He died on October 21, 1950, in Brooklyn.[7]

Sources

  1. ^ New York Red Book (1937; pg. 40)
  2. New York Times
    on February 17, 1947 (subscription required)
  3. New York Times
    on April 26, 1938 (subscription required)
  4. New York Times
    on December 23, 1947 (subscription required)
  5. New York Times
    on January 10, 1948 (subscription required)
  6. New York Times
    on July 21, 1948 (subscription required)
  7. ^ The City of New York Official Directory (1951; pg.285)
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Howard C. Franklin
 New York State Assembly
Kings County, 22nd District
1926–1935 		Succeeded by
Clement A. Shelton
New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate
9th District
1936–1938 		Succeeded by
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