Jay was born on December 12, 1745 to one of New York's most influential families. Self-confident, he was marked from the beginning as a person of uncommon intellectual ability. He graduated from King's College (now Columbia University) in 1764 and was admitted to the New York bar four years later. I...

The Mid-Atlantic region is a part of the United States of America and is located near the Atlantic Ocean in the North Eastern part of the U.S. in the Middle Eastern part of North America. The history of the region goes back to the beginning of the United States. It was one of the original thirtee...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. For his education he attended Groton, a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts. Following this he attended Harvard where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in only three years. After earning his degree he pro...