What is John Hay?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Hay | image = John Hay, bw photo portrait, 1897.jpg | office = 37th [[United States Secretary of State]] | president = [[William McKinley]]<br>[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | term_start = September 30, 1898 | term_end = July 1, 1905 | predecessor = [[William R. Day]] | successor = [[Elihu Root]] | ambassador_from1 = United States | country1 = the United Kingdom | president1 = [[William McKinley]] | term_start1 = May 3, 1897 | term_end1 = September 12, 1898 | predecessor1 = [[Thomas F. Bayard]] | successor1 = [[Joseph Hodges Choate]] | office2 = 12th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] | president2 = [[Rutherford B. Hayes]]<br>[[James A. Garfield]] | term_start2 = November 1, 1879 | term_end2 = May 3, 1881 | predecessor2 = [[Frederick W. Seward]] | successor2 = [[Robert R. Hitt]] | birth_name = John Milton Hay | birth_date = {{birth date|1838|10|8}} | birth_place = [[Salem, Indiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1905|7|1|1838|10|8}} | death_place = [[Newbury, New Hampshire]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|Clara Stone|1874|1905}} | children = 4; including [[Helen Hay Whitney|Helen]] and [[Adelbert S. Hay|Adelbert]] | education = {{nowrap|[[Brown University]] [[Bachelor of Arts|(BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA)]]}} | signature = John Hay Signature.svg | allegiance = {{flag|United States}}<br>{{*}}[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] | branch = {{army|USA}}<br>{{*}}[[Union Army]] | rank = [[File:Union Army colonel rank insignia.png|border|23px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] | battles = [[American Civil War]] | caption = Por