Along with Robert Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, this person drafted the first Constitution of New York.
Along with Robert Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, this person drafted the first Constitution of New York. Due to vote counting technicalities, he lost to George Clinton in an election for governor of New York, but he was elected to the position three years later. This politician agreed to arbitration to settle American debts in exchange for the removal of English troops from Western forts in a 1794 treaty that bears his name, and he contributed essays to Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's Federalist Papers. Name this Federalist who served as the first U.S. Chief Justice.
Along with Robert Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, this person drafted the first Constitution of New York.
John Jay