Volume CLXXVI • No. 1

The Federal Ledger

Est. 1776 • Digital Archive of the Republic

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Portrait of John Jay
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John Jay
First Chief Justice

John Jay

1745–1829 • New York
1st Chief Justice

Most Important Quote

“Those who own the country ought to govern it.”
— John Jay

Biography

Negotiated the treaty ending the Revolutionary War and the controversial Jay Treaty. First Chief Justice of the United States.

Stances

Federalist. Pro-British commerce, anti-slavery in New York.

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