Background
He was the son of Thomas Tillotson and Margaret Livingston Tillotson.
He was the son of Thomas Tillotson and Margaret Livingston Tillotson.
He was Secretary of State of New York from 1816 to 1817. He was United States. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1819 to 1828. During his tenure, the Norwegian sloop Restoration was seized by the port authorities upon its arrival at New York, and he filed the papers in the United States District Court.
The owners, Norwegian immigrants, got the ship released by a pardon signed by President John Quincy Adams.