(Jay's replacement, John Rutledge, had been rejected by the Senate the previous December, and Washington's next nominee, William Cushing, had declined the office in February.).
(接替杰伊的约翰·拉特利奇在去年12月被参议院否决，而华盛顿的下一位提名人威廉·库欣在今年2月拒绝了这一职位。