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{{Officeholder
|name=John Jay
|image=johnjay.jpg
|party=
|spouse=
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Chief
|nominator=[[George Washington]]
|terms=September 26, 1789 – June 29, 1795
|former=y
|preceded=None
|succeeded=[[John Rutledge]]
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|number=2nd
|state=New York
|terms=July 1, 1795 – June 30, 1801
|preceded=[[George Clinton]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[George Clinton]]
}}
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=Foreign Affairs
|number=2nd
|deputy=n
|president=None
|terms=May 7, 1784 – March 22, 1790
|preceded=[[Robert Livingston]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Thomas Jefferson]] (as Secretary of State)
}}
}}
'''John Jay''' (1745-1829) was a [[Founding Father]] who urged ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]], although he was unable to attend the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Jay wrote a few of the [[Federalist Papers]] and later served on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] as the first [[Chief Justice]].
'''John Jay''' (1745-1829) was a [[Founding Father]] who urged ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]], although he was unable to attend the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Jay wrote a few of the [[Federalist Papers]] and later served on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] as the first [[Chief Justice]].