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The seat had opened up when 36-year incumbent Democrat and former House Armed Services Committee chairman F. One of his ancestors in New York State (Henry Livingston) was probably the (then anonymous) author of the poem ''The Night Before Christmas". Livingston) the elder brother of Philip Livingston one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Robert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. -based lobbyist and a former Republican U. Representative from Louisiana.