JAY, John, a Delegate from New York;
born in New York City December 12, 1745; attended a boarding school in New
Rochelle, N.Y., and was graduated from Kings College (now Columbia University)
in 1764; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1768; served on the New York
committee of correspondence; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776 and
1778-1779; recalled some months in 1777 to aid in forming the New York State
constitution; appointed chief justice of the State of New York in May 1777 but
resigned December 1778 to become President of the Continental Congress and
served in that capacity from December 10, 1778, to September 28, 1779; appointed
Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain September 27, 1779; appointed one of the
ministers to negotiate peace with Great Britain June 14, 1781, and signed the
Treaty of Paris; appointed one of the ministers to negotiate treaties with the
European powers May 1, 1783; returned to New York in 1784; appointed Secretary
of Foreign Affairs July 1784, which position he held until the establishment of
the Federal Government in 1789; appointed the first Chief Justice of the United
States by President Washington September 26, 1789, and served until June 29,
1795, when he resigned; unsuccessful Federal candidate for Governor of New York
in 1792; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great
Britain April 19, 1794, and served until April 8, 1795, still retaining his
position as Chief Justice of the United States; Governor of New York 1795-1801;
declined reelection and also a reappointment as Chief Justice of the United
States; retired to his farm at Bedford, near New York City, where he died May
17, 1829; interment in the family burying ground at Rye, N.Y. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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