Judah P. Benjamin

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Judah P. Benjamin was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who became a leading statesman of the Confederate government, serving successively as its Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.

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Judah P. Benjamin canonical 5
Judah Philip Benjamin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate States of America politician
Jewish American politician
United States politician
barrister
human
lawyer
politician
became Queen's Counsel in England
birthDate 1811-08-11
birthPlace U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: Danish West Indies

Saint Croix
burialPlace Paris
Père Lachaise Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1884-05-06
deathPlace France
Paris
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jewish Encyclopedia
educatedAt Yale College
Yale University
emigratedTo United Kingdom
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Benjamin
fieldOfWork commercial law
international law
fullName Judah P. Benjamin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Judah Philip Benjamin
givenName Yehuda
surface form: Judah
holdsPosition Confederate States Attorney General
surface form: Confederate States Attorney General (from 1861-02-21 to 1861-09-17)

Confederate States Secretary of State (from 1862-03-24 to 1865-05-10)
Confederate States Secretary of War (from 1861-09-17 to 1862-03-24)
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Confederate States of America
surface form: Confederate States of America government

United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor being a leading statesman of the Confederate government
being the first professing Jew to serve in the United States Senate
notableWork Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property
occupation barrister
lawyer
planter
politician
owned sugar plantation in Louisiana
positionHeld Confederate States Attorney General
Confederate States Secretary of State
Confederate States Secretary of War
United States Senator from Louisiana
practicedLawIn New Orleans
religion Judaism
representedInLegislature Louisiana
residence London, England
surface form: London

New Orleans
servedIn Confederate States of America
settledIn London, England
surface form: London
spouse Natalie St. Martin
startTime 1861-02-21
stateOfBarAdmission Louisiana
studiedLawBy reading law
wasSlaveOwner true

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Confederate States Cabinet officeHeldBy Judah P. Benjamin
Judah P. Benjamin fullName Judah P. Benjamin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judah Philip Benjamin