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Bob Livingston donates papers to Tulane

Livingston, who earned a bachelor of arts and juris doctorate degree from Tulane University was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1977. 

July 25, 2012

Mike Strecker
Phone: 504 865 5210
mstreck@tulane.edu

Robert L. Livingston, a longtime Louisiana congressman and graduate of Tulane University, has donated his Congressional papers to the Louisiana Research Collection at Tulane. 

Livingston, who earned a bachelor of arts and juris doctorate degree from Tulane University and is a graduate of the Loyola University Institute of Politics, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1977. He was re-elected to 11 successive two-year terms. He served as a member of the Appropriations Committee through most of his time in Congress and was a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for six years. From 1995 through 1998, he served as the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, shepherding 13 appropriations bills through the legislative process. More...