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Article: The lesser known, but very essential U.S. Founder.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2005
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Byline: Arnold Beichman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
In the early 1960s, at a glittering White House gathering of famous musicians, artists, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished guests, President Kennedy quipped that so much talent had not been present in the room since "Thomas Jefferson dined alone." JFK might have said the same about John Jay even though Jay never made it to the presidency. But he did become our first chief justice of the Supreme Court, appointed by President George Washington.
Of all the leaders in the American Revolution, John Jay (1745-1829) is one of the least known. Yet he was a major figure in establishing the legitimacy of the new ...