- Born
- December 12, 1745
- Died
- May 17, 1829 (aged 83)
- Known as
- judge, lawyer, diplomat, politician, governor, jurist
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York. Jay directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788.
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