John Jay

1745–1829 · New York, NY

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesChief JusticeGeorge WashingtonSep 26, 1789Resignation, Jun 29, 1795

Education

  • King's College (now Columbia University), B.A., 1764
  • King's College (now Columbia University), M.A., 1767
  • Read law, 1768

Professional Career

Private practice, New York City, 1768-1774; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1778; Chief justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1777-1778; President, Second Continental Congress, 1778-1779; U.S. minister plenipotentiary to Spain, 1779-1782; Negotiator of Treaty of Paris with Great Britain, 1782-1783; Secretary of foreign affairs under Articles of Confederation, 1784-1790; Negotiator of Jay Treaty with Great Britain, 1794-1795; Governor, New York, 1795-1801

Opinions on This Site

2 opinions from 1793 to 1794

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