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Revision as of 22:03, September 20, 2012
Robert Linlithgow Livingston, Jr., known as Bob Livingston (born 1943) is a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's First Congressional District. He served from August 1977, when he won a special election, to 1999, at which time he resigned after having won another term in 1998.
In 1987, Congressman Livingston ran a weak third in the race for governor of Louisiana. Victory went to then Democrat Buddy Roemer, who led the nonpartisan blanket primary. The second-place candidate former Governor Edwin Edwards, withdrew from what would have been the general election. Roemer subsequently was defeated for reelection in 1991, as Edwards reclaimed the governorship in a contested runoff with then State Representative David Duke of Jefferson Parish.
Extra-marital affair
Livingston resigned during the time of the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton after it was revealed that Livingston was having an extra-marital affair. He reconciled with his wife, the former Bonnie Robichaux, a niece of the late Democratic U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender. The Livingstons' son, Richard, was killed in 2006 by a live wire while he was trimming a tree.