Judah P. Benjamin
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title:
Judah P. Benjamin
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Judah Philip Benjamin was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States 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. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from London who had moved to Saint Croix in
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American politician and lawyer (1811–1884)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin
date created:
2003-04-26T05:20:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:45:17Z
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