John Jay

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American statesman Founding Father of the United States diplomat human jurist

John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.

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Label	Occurrences
John Jay canonical	75
American statesman John Jay	1
John Jay II	1
John Jay as Chief Justice of the United States	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American statesman ⓘ Founding Father of the United States ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ
almaMater	Columbia University ⓘ surface form: Columbia University (then King's College)
authorOf	Federalist No. 2 ⓘ Federalist No. 3 ⓘ Federalist No. 4 ⓘ Federalist No. 5 ⓘ Federalist No. 64 ⓘ
burialPlace	Jay Cemetery, Rye, New York ⓘ
coAuthorOf	The Federalist Papers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1745-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1829-05-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	King's College ⓘ
endTime	term as Chief Justice: 1795 ⓘ term as Governor of New York: 1801 ⓘ
familyName	Jay ⓘ
father	Peter Jay ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
laterReligion	Episcopalianism ⓘ
memberOf	Federalists ⓘ surface form: Federalist Party
mother	Mary Van Cortlandt Jay ⓘ
notableFor	first Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ role in early formation of the U.S. government ⓘ
notableWork	Jay Treaty ⓘ surface form: Jay Treaty negotiations The Federalist Papers ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ political writer ⓘ statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bedford, New York ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ Governor of New York ⓘ Minister to Spain ⓘ President of the Continental Congress ⓘ United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United States Ambassador to Great Britain United States Secretary of State ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
religion	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	New York ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signatoryTo	Jay Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
spouse	Sarah Livingston Jay ⓘ
startTime	term as Chief Justice: 1789 ⓘ term as Governor of New York: 1795 ⓘ

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Chief Justice of the United States → firstHolder → John Jay ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → president → John Jay ⓘ

The Federalist No. 33 → collectionEditor → John Jay ⓘ

Columbia Law School → notableAlumni → John Jay ⓘ

The Federalist Papers → author → John Jay ⓘ

Alexander Hamilton → coAuthorWith → John Jay ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1783) → primaryUSNegotiator → John Jay ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1783) → USSignatory → John Jay ⓘ

James Madison → coAuthorWith → John Jay ⓘ

Federalists → notableLeader → John Jay ⓘ

Washington administration → appointed → John Jay ⓘ

Governor of New York → positionHeldBy → John Jay ⓘ

The Independent Journal → associatedWith → John Jay ⓘ

New York Provincial Congress → participant → John Jay ⓘ

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Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States → collectionEditor → John Jay ⓘ

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Jay Treaty → namedAfter → John Jay ⓘ

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Hotel d’York → associatedWithPerson → John Jay ⓘ

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Sarah Jay → father → John Jay ⓘ

Sarah Jay → spouse → John Jay ⓘ

subject surface form: Sarah Van Brugh Livingston Jay

Federalist No. 2 → author → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 2 → collectionEditors → John Jay ⓘ

Sarah Livingston Jay → spouse → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 3 → author → John Jay ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → child → John Jay ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → motherOf → John Jay ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → notableRelative → John Jay ⓘ

Mary Van Cortlandt Jay → hasDescendant → John Jay ⓘ

Jay Cemetery, Rye, New York → namedAfter → John Jay ⓘ

Jay Cemetery, Rye, New York → hasGraveOf → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 4 → author → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 4 → PubliusIdentity → John Jay ⓘ

Peter Jay → child → John Jay ⓘ

Peter Jay → relative → John Jay ⓘ

Peter Jay → hasDescendant → John Jay ⓘ

this entity surface form: American statesman John Jay

Federalist No. 5 → author → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 5 → collectionEditors → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 64 → author → John Jay ⓘ

Federalist No. 64 → publicationSeriesEditors → John Jay ⓘ

Fort Jay → namedAfter → John Jay ⓘ

Department of Foreign Affairs → notableOfficeholder → John Jay ⓘ

Jay → hasNotableBearer → John Jay ⓘ

Supreme Court decision in Chisholm v. Georgia → majorityBy → John Jay ⓘ

subject surface form: Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision)