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Benjamin, Judah P. |
Born |
1811 |
Notes |
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. |
Occupation |
Confederate Secretary of State 1862-1865 Confederate Secretary of War 1861-1862 Confederate Attorney General 1861 |
Deceased |
1884 |
