Trivia: Which founding father was the nation’s first Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Samuel Adams
Robert Livingston
John Jay
The correct answer is John Jay
So why is this answer correct? : Like many of the Founding Fathers, John Jay had strong ideas about government and its structure. Those ideas helped him get appointed as America’s first Chief Justice in 1789 and allowed him to set the course of the Supreme Court for many years. After some controversy, however, he became disillusioned with politics, and declined John Adams’ offer to serve a second term as Chief Justice.