[DOC] [TLE] John Jay - Wikipedia [PAR] After the establishment of the U.S. government, Jay became the first Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1795. As a leader of the new Federalist Party, Jay was the Governor of the State of New York (17951801), where he became the state's leading opponent of slavery. [DOC] [TLE] Chief Justice of the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal 
court system and ... The first Chief Justice commissioned using the new title was 
Melville Fuller in 1888. .... first inauguration; there was no Chief Justice of the 
United States, nor any other federal judge prior to ..... New York: Oxford University 
Press. [DOC] [TLE] John Jay, First Chief Justice of the United States - Constitution Facts [PAR] In 1789, after Jay declined George Washington's offer of the position of Secretary of State, the president offered him the new opportunity of becoming Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, which Jay accepted. He was unanimously confirmed on September 26, 1789 and remained on the bench until 1795. [DOC] [TLE] John Jay | United States statesman and chief justice | Britannica.com [PAR] A Founding Father of the United States who served the new nation in both law 
and diplomacy. He established important judicial precedents as the first chief 
justice of the United ... New York's first constitution, was elected the state's first 
chief justice, and in ... Frustrated by the limitations on his powers in that office, he 
became... [DOC] [TLE] John Jay - U.S. Governor, Journalist, Diplomat, Supreme Court ... [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... John Jay was one of America's Founding Fathers. ... John Jay was born in New 
York City on December 12, 1745. ... The Federalist Papers and became the first 
chief justice of the United States. ... In 1789, George Washington appointed Jay 
as the Supreme Court's first chief justice, a role he held until 1795. [DOC] [TLE] Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court [PAR] John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New 
York, January 27, 1955. He ... He was appointed to the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. .... After briefly practicing law at a 
Washington, D.C. law firm, she became a law professor, first at the University of 
Chicago Law... [DOC] [TLE] The Court as an Institution - Supreme Court of the United States [PAR] The Supreme Court first assembled on February 1, 1790, in the Merchants 
Exchange Building in New York City -- then the Nation's Capital. Chief Justice 
John Jay was, however, forced to postpone the initial meeting of the Court until ... 
however, since he held the office and performed the judicial duties of Chief 
Justice, he is... [DOC] [TLE] Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge ... [PAR] Jan 7, 2016 ... Judge Kaye was the first woman named to New York's highest court ... court in 
New York and the first to serve as the state's chief judge  a job ... of the United 
States Constitution and refusing to consign the issue to the ... He died in 2006. ... 
in New York, and there, in 1975, she became the first woman to be... [DOC] [TLE] John Jay, 1st Chief Justice of the US b. 12 Dec 1745 New York ... [PAR] 17 May 1829 Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA: MacFarlane Clan & Families 
... emancipated the slaves of New York; the last were freed before his death. ... 
struggle for independence which became the American Revolution was 
inevitable. ... He served as the first chief justice of the New York Supreme Court 
from April... [DOC] [TLE] Chief Justice John Jay, 6th Pres. Cont. Congress - Geni [PAR] Nov 13, 2014 ... Death: Died May 17, 1829 in Katonah, New York, United States ... Occupation: 
1st Chief Justice of the US (1789-1795); Governor of State of NY (1795-1801

Question: He was New York's 1st Chief Justice before he became the 1st Chief Justice of the United States
Answer: John Jay