John Jay

Biography of John Jay

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Jay
• First Name: John
• Date of Birth: December , 12 , 1745
• Place of Birth (POB): New York , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Date of Death: May , 17 , 1829
• Place of Death (POD): Bedford , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

John Jay Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: George Washington
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 09/24/1789
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 1 Stat. 73
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 09/26/1789
• Commission Date: 09/26/1789
• Date of Termination: 06/29/1795
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

John Jay in the Law School

• Name of School: King's College (now Columbia University)
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1764

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): King's College (now Columbia University)
• Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Law Degree Year: 1767

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1768

John Jay Career Path

Employment:

• 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
• Nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, December 18, 1800; confirmed, December 19, 1800; declined appointment
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Eastern Circuit, Spring 1790-Spring 1792
• Middle Circuit, Spring 1793, Spring 1794

Resources

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