Leonidas F. Livingston

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Leonidas F. Livingston, side portrait, c. 1894–1901.jpg

| name = Leonidas Felix Livingston

| state = Georgia

| district = 5th

| term_start = March 4, 1891

| term_end = March 3, 1911

| predecessor = John D. Stewart

| successor = William S. Howard

| office2 = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives

| term2 = 1876–1877
1879–1881

| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|4|3}}

| birth_place = Covington, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1912|2|11|1832|4|3}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| resting_place = Bethany Church Cemetery, Covington, Georgia, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States of America}}

| branch = {{army|CSA}}

| rank = Private

| serviceyears = August 1861–1865

}}

Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was an American Confederate States Army veteran who served 10 terms as a U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1891 to 1911.

Early life and political involvement

Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

= Civil War =

He entered the Confederate States Army as a private in August 1861 and served throughout the American Civil War.

= Early career =

He resumed agricultural pursuits in Newton County, Georgia, serving as member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1876, 1877, and 1879 to 1881, and in the Georgia State Senate in 1882 and 1883. He served as vice president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society for eleven years and president four years, and as president of the Georgia State Alliance for three years.

U.S. Congress

Livingston was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1911).{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=16 |date=9 November 1903}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.