John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

John Jay

U.S. Founding Father (1745–1829)

John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York. Jay directed U.S.…