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Livingston T. Merchant (Livingston Tallmadge Merchant) was born on 23 November, 1903 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American diplomat (1903–1976). Discover Livingston T. Merchant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Livingston Tallmadge Merchant
Occupation N/A
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 23 November 1903
Birthday 23 November
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 15 May, 1976
Died Place Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Livingston T. Merchant's Wife?

His wife is Elizabeth Stiles (m. December 10, 1927)

Family
Parents Huntington Wolcott Merchant Mary Cornelia Tallmadge
Wife Elizabeth Stiles (m. December 10, 1927)
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Children 3

Livingston T. Merchant Net Worth

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1632

Through his mother, he was descended from Sir Thomas Tallmadge, who emigrated to the colonies in 1632, Benjamin Tallmadge, and Gen. William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

His maternal grandparents were Chester Livingston Tallmadge and Fanny Amelia Hamilton.

1870

He was the son of Huntington Wolcott Merchant (c.1870–1918) and Mary Cornelia (née Tallmadge) Merchant, who lived at 1172 Park Avenue in New York City.

1902

His sister was Elizabeth Wolcott "Betty" Merchant (b. 1902), who married Philip Gallatin Cammann.

He was a descendant on his father's side of Oliver Wolcott Jr., the second Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington following Alexander Hamilton.

1903

Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (November 23, 1903 – May 15, 1976) was a United States official and diplomat.

Merchant, who was nicknamed "Livy," was born in New York City on November 23, 1903.

1922

Merchant was educated at the Hotchkiss School in 1922, where his classmates included Charles W. Yost and Paul Nitze, and Princeton in 1926, where he was a member of the University Cottage Club and the Board of Trustees of Princeton University.

He joined Scudder Stevens and Clark, an investment counselling firm.

1927

On December 11, 1927, Merchant was married to Elizabeth Stiles (b. 1904) at the Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral.

She was the daughter of Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles and Virginia Baker Stiles and the granddaughter of Lewis Baker, who served as President of the West Virginia Senate, and U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

Together, they were the parents of a son and two daughters:

1930

He became a general partner in 1930.

1942

Following his successful business career, Merchant joined the Government in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor and moved up in the U.S. Department of State during the height of the Cold War.

1949

In 1949, when the Chiang Kai-shek regime collapsed, Merchant was in Nanking, China to assist.

1950

In the early 1950s, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (under Dean Rusk who served as Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs and Dean Acheson, then US Secretary of State) in the Truman administration.

He was twice appointed as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.

1959

He twice served as United States ambassador to Canada and was Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1959 to 1961.

In 1959, he was appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, succeeding his former boss, Robert Daniel Murphy.

He was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Canada under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.

1961

In 1961, while Ambassador, President Kennedy appointed Merchant as his personal representative to negotiate the border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Merchant served as Acting Secretary of State in January, 1961.

1963

In 1963, he was a director of the Glen Falls Insurance Company.

1964

In 1964, he co-authored the Merchant-Heeney Report which examined bilateral relations between Canada and the United States.

In his obituary in The New York Times, Merchant was described by the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the late President Eisenhower as "the ideal of a Foreign Service officer."

1965

From August 11, 1965 to October 31, 1968, he was executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

1968

Also in 1968, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Harvard University that cited "in a long career, this discerning diplomat has advanced the interests of our country with faithfulness and distinction."

1976

Merchant died of heart failure in Washington, DC on May 15, 1976.

He was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington.

Through his daughter Mary, he was the grandfather of Robert Merchant Jasperson and Leslie Wrenn Jasperson Tesei.