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English: Chief Justice John Jay retired from the United States Supreme Court in June 1795 to become governor of New York. John Rutledge, a former Supreme Court associate justice, promptly wrote to President George Washington, offering to serve as the new chief justice. In this letter, Washington accepted Rutledge’s offer, promising to appoint him to the position during a congressional recess. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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