John Jay
Personal
Birthday:
12/12/1745
Birthplace:
New York, NY
Date of Death:
5/17/1829
Place of Death:
Bedford, NY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior 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
Education
Name of School:
King`s College (now Columbia University)
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1764
Name of School - Second:
King`s College (now Columbia University)
Degree - Second:
M.A.
Degree Year - Second:
1767
Name of School - Third:
Read law
Degree Year - Third:
1768 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
09/26/1789
Termination Date:
06/29/1795
Termination Reason:
Resignation Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Eastern Circuit, Spring 1790-Spring 1792
Middle Circuit, Spring 1793, Spring 1794