Background
Livingstone, John Alexander was born on September 6, 1885 in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Woodberry and Lydia (Vick) Livingstone.
Livingstone, John Alexander was born on September 6, 1885 in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter Woodberry and Lydia (Vick) Livingstone.
Graduate Pee Dee Institute, Wadesboro, North Carolina. Student Trinity College (now Duke U.), University of North Carolina and Raleigh (North Carolina) School of Law.
Teacher, high schools, 1907-1909. Assistant principal Brevard (North Carolina) Institute, 1909-1911. Associate editor Gaston Progress, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1911-1912.
Reporter, later city editor Wilmington (North Carolina) Star, 1913-1918 (except 6 months with North Carolina Division of Markets). State news editor, also legislative reporter and editorial writer Raleigh News and Observer, 1919-1927, Washington correspondent, 1927-1930. Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1922.
Associate editor Commercial Law Journal, Chicago, 1930-1931 and 1934-1935. Became librarian Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1931. Assistant county food administrator and four-minute speaker, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 1917-1918.
With Military Intelligence Service, Washington, District of Columbia, 1918.
The state should not use its authority to promote any particular religious belief. It should allow people practice their own religious convictions.
Mason.
Married Rosalie Preston Turner, April.