Jurist; born in New York City, June 16, 1789; son of
John Jay; graduated at Yale in 1807; appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1818; reappointed under the new constitution in 1822; served till 1843, when he was superseded on account of his antislavery views.
He is the author of
Life of John Jay;
A view of the action of the federal government in behalf of slavery;
War and peace, in which he suggested that international disputes should be settled by arbitration;
The Mexican War, etc. He died in
Bedford, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1858.
