Jay was America’s first Secretary of State, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one of its first ambassadors, and author of some of the celebrated Federalist Papers. He was a founding father who missed signing the Declaration of Independence. He served a term from December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779. Jay was against the idea of independence for the colonies but was willing to give up the next 25 years of his life to help establish a new nation. He drafted the state constitution and served as Chief Justice during the war. Then he wrote five Federalist Papers supporting the Constitution. Jay made a historic decision that a state could be sued by a citizen from another state, which led to the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution.