John Jay (1745–1829)
John Jay was born on 12 December 1745 to a wealthy and influential New York City family. He graduated from King's College (now Columbia University) in 1764 and was admitted to the bar four years later. Jay's distinguished public career included service as a delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774), president of the Second Continental Congress (1778–79), U.S. minister to Spain (1779–82), co-negotiator of the Treaty of Paris (1782–83), secretary of foreign affairs (1784–89), and first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1789–95).
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Sandra Frances VanBurkleo, " 'Honour, Justice, and Interest': John Jay’s Republican Politics and Statesmanship on the Federal Bench," in Scott Douglas Gerber, ed., Seriatim: The Supreme Court Before John Marshall (New York: New York University Press, 1998), 26–69.
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John Jay at Federal Judicial Center.
Sarah Van Brugh "Sally" Livingston Jay at Find a Grave.