Judah P. Benjamin
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican politician and lawyer (1811-1884)
Judah Philip Benjamin was a lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a member of the Confederate States Cabinet and, after his escape to Britain at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister.
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Benjamin, c. 1853, by Adolph Rinck
Benjamin, c. 1860-1865
The original Confederate Cabinet, 1861. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H. Reagan and Robert Toombs.
Benjamin on the 1864 Confederate $2 banknote.
Benjamin's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Memorial plaque to Benjamin, Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, Ellenton, FloridaPoliticians from United States 6
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Judah Philip Benjamin was a lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a member of the Confederate States Cabinet and, after his escape to Britain 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.
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