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John Jay was one of the founding fathers and was the first chief justice of the United States. He also was the president of the continental congress from 1778-1779 and 1789-1795. Jay wanted to start a stronger union for the practices of foreign affairs in the United States. Jay co-writed the federalist papers in Philadelphia with Alexander Hamilton and James madison. He is important in Pennsylvania because that's where he started Jay's Treaty.