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John Jay
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1795)
President of the American Bible Society (1821-1827)
Co-Author of the Federalist Papers

"Providence has given to our people
the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of our Christian nation
to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

Letter to Pennsylvania House of Representatives member, John Murray, dated October 12, 1816, cited in William Jay,  The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, 1833: J. & J. Harper, 376.