Judah P. Benjamin
(1811-1884)
American politician
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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 11, 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. He successively held the Cabinet positions of Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America.
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6 August 1811 Christiansted, Saint Croix, West Indies
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6 May 1884 (aged 72) Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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