Quick Facts

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

Best Known For

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.

Judah Benjamin biography

Profile

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.

How to Cite this Page:

Judah Philip Benjamin

APA Style

Judah Philip Benjamin. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 12:54, May 20, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230.

Harvard Style

Judah Philip Benjamin. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230 [Accessed 20 May 2013].

MLA Style

"Judah Philip Benjamin." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 20 2013, 12:54 http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230.

MHRA Style

"Judah Philip Benjamin," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230 [accessed May 20, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Judah Philip Benjamin," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230 (accessed May 20, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Judah Philip Benjamin [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 20] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230.

Bluebook Style

Judah Philip Benjamin, http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230 (last visited May 20, 2013).

AMA Style

Judah Philip Benjamin. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/judah-benjamin-9207230. Accessed May 20, 2013.