. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. John Jay John Jav, 2d governor 1795-1801 and chief justice of theUnited States; born in New York City, December 12, 1745;delegate to continental congress, 1774; member 2d constitu-tional congress, 1775; delegate to New York provincial con-gress, 1776; drafted first state constitution; United Statesminister to Great Britain, 1794; in Paris with BenjaminFranklin, 1782-84; chief justice United States, 1789, 1800;elected governor, 1795; reelected 1798; retired 1801; died May17, 1829 in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Egbert Benso
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. John Jay John Jav, 2d governor 1795-1801 and chief justice of theUnited States; born in New York City, December 12, 1745;delegate to continental congress, 1774; member 2d constitu-tional congress, 1775; delegate to New York provincial con-gress, 1776; drafted first state constitution; United Statesminister to Great Britain, 1794; in Paris with BenjaminFranklin, 1782-84; chief justice United States, 1789, 1800;elected governor, 1795; reelected 1798; retired 1801; died May17, 1829 in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Egbert Benson Egbert Benson, jurist; born in New York City, June 21,1746; lawyer; member of revolutionary committee of safety;in 1777 member of council of safety, and appointed first attorneygeneral of the state; member of assembly, 1777-1781; con-tinental congress, 1781, 1784, 1787, 1788; congress, 1789-1793;judge of supreme court, 1794-1801; judge of United Statescircuit court, 1801; again elected to congress and served fromMarch 4, 1813, until August 2, 1813, when he resigned; firstpresident of New York Historical Society; died at Jamaica,L. I., August 24, 1833. 1777] ORGANIZING THE STATE 49 was to contain seventy members, apportioned amongthe counties according to population, and elected forone year each. The legislative franchise was restricted. True, theConstitution declared in its preamble that all powerwhatever in the State had reverted to the people thereof,and it might therefore have been supposed that thereshould be universal suffrage. But Jay held that theState should be g
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