President Washington selected John Jay to serve as first Chief Justice of the United States in late 1789. The US Supreme Court convened for the first time on February 2, 1790, at the Royal Exchange building in New York City, which was temporarily the new nation's capital.
John Jay
John Jay was the first American Supreme Court Justice.
Jay John was born in New York City.
John Jay was born and raised in New York.
John Jay was the first Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
John Jay
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John Jay was the first Chief Justice. He was president of the Continental Congress, but not a U.S. President.
John Jay was the first Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
It changed several times during Washington's presidency, but the Chief Justice who served the longest was the first Chief Justice, John Jay.
Jay negotiated an unpopular treaty with Great Britain
The United States' first Chief Justice, John Jay, presided over the Supreme Court from September 1789 until June 1795, when he became Governor of New York.