The Resume

(December 12, 1745-May 17, 1829)
1st Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1794)
Governor of New York (1795-1801)
Wrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

Why he might be annoying:

He was reluctant to sign on to the cause of independence.
He wrote only five of the eighty-five articles of the Federalist Papers.
Even though he argued fervently for a new constitution, he decided not to attend the Constitutional Convention.
He negotiated a peace treaty with the British that was very unpopular.
He claimed he could travel from Boston to Philadelphia solely on the light of his burning effigies (1795).
The reaction to his decision in his most famous case 'Chisholm v. Georgia' was so negative that it lead to the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment.
He said: 'The people who own the country ought to govern it.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of the founding fathers.
He resigned from the Supreme Court to serve as the governor of New York (1794).
He was the first Chief Justice and laid the groundwork for how the office was to be used.
After the Jay Treaty fiasco, his public image rebounded and he was renominated by John Adams to the court (1800).
The Senate overwhelmingly supported his confirmation, but he did not come out of retirement.
John Jay College in New York City, Jay County, Indiana and Jay, New York are named after him.

Credit: Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alphabet Names
• Attorney
• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 3]
• Chief Justices of the United States (Ranked: 1)
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [H-L]
• I Attended Columbia
• Judges
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 15251-15500 (Ranked: 15252)
• U.S. Governors
• White Men Loved by Blacks

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 37 Votes: 16.22% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 50.79% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 118 Votes: 50.85% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 86 Votes: 45.35% Annoying