Jay, John, American statesman, born in New York, and called to the bar in 1768; took a part in the struggle for independence second only to Washington's; represented his country subsequently in Madrid and London; was first Chief-Justice of the United States, and from 1795 to 1801 governor of New York (1745‒1829).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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