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=John Jay=

Federalist.
 * Position:**

New York.
 * State:**

Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1784-1789, Chief justice of the Supreme Court 1789-1795, Governor of New York 1795-1801.
 * Occupation and Socio-economics:**

He was not present. He was busy working as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
 * Constitutional Convention:**

Yes, he did attend, and he voted for ratification of the Constitution.
 * New York's Ratifying Convention:**

Jay wrote five of the papers in the //Federalist Papers// which talked about having balanced power between the states and the central government. He felt that in order to face issues in the future, America needed a strong central government.
 * Arguments for Ratification:**

Jay's friends would be Alexander Hamilton and James Madison seeing as they wrote the //Federalist Papers// with him and were both Federalists. His foes would be anti-federalists such as Thomas Jefferson.
 * Friends and Foes:**

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Adams.
 * References**:

"//Federalist Papers//". 

Jay, John. "//Arguments for Adopting the Proposed Federal Constitution//". Annals of American History.

Kindig, Thomas. "//John Jay//". 


 * Morris, Richard B. "//John Jay and the Constitution//". 