Jay served as secretary of foreign affairs until the government was organized under the new [cus]. [gw] appointed him to be the first chief justice of the [sct]. In that role, he was sent to England in 1794 to negotiate a treaty to clear up problems that remained from the Treaty of Paris. This treaty became known as the [jty].
Jay remained on the [sct] until 1 when he resigned to become governor of New York. He died in 1829.
John Jay was born in [ny:newyork] in 1745 and graduated from [kc] in 1764. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1768. Jay attended both the [cc1] and [cc2] as a representative of New York. The second congress elected Jay as president. At the end of the [amr], he and [bf] negotiated the peace treaty with England known as the Treaty of Paris.
Jay served as secretary of foreign affairs until the government was organized under the new [cus]. [gw] appointed him to be the first chief justice of the [sct]. In that role, he was sent to England in 1794 to negotiate a treaty to clear up problems that remained from the Treaty of Paris. This treaty became known as the [jty].
Jay remained on the [sct] until 1 when he resigned to become governor of New York. He died in 1829.
