Judah Benjamin Biography

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NAME: Judah Benjamin
OCCUPATION: Lawyer, U.S. Representative
BIRTH DATE: August 06, 1811
DEATH DATE: May 06, 1884
EDUCATION: Yale University
PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Croix
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Full Name: Judah Philip Benjamin

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Lawyer Judah Philip Benjamin was the first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate and is considered the most prominent American Jew during the 19th century.

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Judah Philip Benjamin was born August 6, 1811 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He was a prominent U.S. lawyer before the American Civil War and in England after that conflict; he also held high offices in the government of the Confederate States of America. The first professing Jew elected to the U.S. Senate, he is said to have been the most prominent American Jew during the 19th century.