Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Jay” in entry cushing-william of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...ade chief-justice of the State; and in 1789 President Washington appointed him a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He offered him the chief-justiceship in 1796, as the successor of Jay , but he declined it. He administered the oath of office to Washington in his second inauguration. He died in Scituate, Sept. 13, 1810.
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† John Jay 558 212 4 0 0 user votes
Jay 214 0 8 0 0 user votes
William Jay 137 6 3 0 0 user votes
C. W. Jay 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
A. Jay 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
T. Jay 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
William H. M. Jay 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
— Jay 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. Jay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
W. P. Jay 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Peter Jay 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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