Livingston, Philip (1716-1778), an American statesman, was a New York signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He gave much of his fortune to help the patriots in the Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783). As an importer in New York City, Livingston was active in public affairs. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778, and to the New York Provincial Congress in 1777. Livingston was born on Jan. 15, 1716, in Albany, New York. He graduated from Yale University. He died on June 12, 1778.
