OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 12, 1745,
New York City, New York

DIED:
May 17, 1829 (age 83)
Bedford, New York

EDUCATION:
King’s College (now Columbia University), BA, 1764
King’s College (now Columbia University), M.A., 1767
Read law, 1768

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1768:
Admitted to the New York Bar,
Member of the New York Committee of Correspondence 
1774-1776, 1778-1779:
Delegate to the Continental Congress
1777:
Assisted in drafting New York state constitution 
May 1777-December 1778:
Chief Justice of the State of New York
12/10/1778- 9/28/1779
President of the Continental Congress
1779-1782:
U.S. Minister to Spain
1781-1783:
Appointed one of the Ministers to Negotiate Peace with Great Britain,
Negotiator of the Treaty of Paris
5/1/1783:
Appointed one of the Ministers to Negotiate Treaties with The European Powers
1784:
Returned to New York 
1784-1789:
U.S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation
1789-1795:
First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1792:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of New York 
1794-1795:
Minister to Great Britain,
Negotiated the Jay Treaty 
1795-1801:
Governor of New York 

BIOGRAPHIES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Department of State
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Mount Vernon
Columbia University
Wikipedia 

PAPERS:
Columbia University
Founders Online (National Archives)

PORTRAIT: