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3 unusual facts about John Jay


Ebenezer Hazard

Washington wrote an indignant letter to John Jay about this action which was doing mischief by "inducing a belief that the suppression of intelligence at that critical juncture was a wicked trick of policy contrived by an aristocratic junto."

John Jay

In Jay's honor, St. Louis Cardinals' outfielder Jon Jay has, at various times, been nicknamed "The Federalist", "The Founding Father", and "The Chief Justice".

Jon Jay

At various times, he has been nicknamed "The Federalist", "The Founding Father", and "The Chief Justice" in honor of John Jay.


Chisholm v. Georgia

In a 4 to 1 decision, the Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, with Chief Justice John Jay and Associate Justices John Blair, James Wilson, and William Cushing constituting the majority; only Justice Iredell dissented.

Colonization Societies

Jay (son of John Jay), An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization and Antislavery Societies (New York, 1834)

Elisabeth Gordon Chandler

Chandler excelled especially in portraiture, and produced busts which were definitive images of such notables as Nobelist Dr. Albert Michelson, United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Supreme Court Chief Justices John Jay, Charles Evans Hughes and Harlan Fiske Stone, actor Charles Coburn, artists James Montgomery Flagg and Alphaeus Philemon Cole, and Adlai Stevenson.

Johan Jørgen Holst

Holst was educated at Columbia College of Columbia University, where he obtained his A.B. in 1960, and which honored him with its John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement shortly after his death—the first time the prize had been given posthumously.

Kingston Stockade District

George Clinton was chosen the first governor, and John Jay, later the first Chief Justice of the United States, opened the first term of the New York Supreme Court in Kingston.

Pseudonymity

A more modern example is all of the Federalist Papers, which were signed by Publius, a pseudonym representing the trio of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.

The Independent Journal

The Independent is primarily remembered for being one of several newspapers to have published the Federalist Papers – a series of eighty-five articles and essays discussing and advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution, written by John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.

United States Senate special election in New York, April 1800

Federalist William North was appointed by Governor John Jay to fill the vacancy temporarily, and took his seat on May 21, Congress being in session until July 16, 1798.

United States Senate special election in New York, January 1798

William North was appointed by Governor John Jay to fill the vacancy temporarily, and took his seat on May 21, Congress being in session until July 16, 1798.


see also

Columbia University traditions

A troop of students dressed in Continental Army soldiers carry the eponymous log from the sun-dial to the lounge of John Jay Hall, where it is lit amid the singing of seasonal carols.

Conor Brady

Brady is also Visiting Professor, John Jay College, City University of New York; Senior Teaching Fellow, Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, and Chairman, The British-Irish Association and Committee Member.

Federalist Papers

John Jay, who had been secretary for foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation from 1784 through their expiration in 1789, became the first Chief Justice of the United States in 1789, stepping down in 1795 to accept election as governor of New York, a post he held for two terms, retiring in 1801.

Gerald Lynch

Gerald W. Lynch, third President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

John J. Scannell

John Jay Scannell (1841 – March 5, 1918) was a Tammany Hall politician who was the leader of the Eleventh Assembly District.

John Jay Hopkins

John Jay Hopkins (October 15, 1893 - May 3, 1957) was founder and president of General Dynamics from 1952 to 1957.