Leonidas F. Livingston
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Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 - February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Georgia
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Born near Covington, Georgia
Covington, Georgia
Covington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 13,118. The city is the county seat of Newton County...

, Livingston attended the common schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He entered the Confederate States Army
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 as a private in August 1861 and served throughout the Civil War
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He resumed agricultural pursuits in Newton County, Georgia
Newton County, Georgia
Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 62,001. The 2010 Census showed a population of 99,958. The county seat is Covington....

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He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1876, 1877, and 1879-1881.
He served in the State senate in 1882 and 1883.
He served as vice president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society for eleven years and president four years.
He served as president of the Georgia State Alliance for three years.

Livingston was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Fifty-second
52nd United States Congress
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 and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1911).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
He again engaged in agricultural pursuits in Newton County.
He died in Washington, D.C.
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, February 11, 1912.
He was interred in Bethany Church Cemetery, near Covington, Georgia
Covington, Georgia
Covington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 13,118. The city is the county seat of Newton County...

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