One could call Founder John Jay a forgotten patriot. Yet, Jay led an extremely eventful and influential life, and the US Constitution might not have been drafted without his insistence on a stronger federal government. Further, he advocated relentlessly against slavery. Jay helped frame the argument for war against England, was President of the Continental Congress, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and held several important foreign ministry posts, and of course, helped compose the immortal Federalist Papers.
