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Judah Philip Benjamin QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) 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 ...
Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884) March 18, 1862 May 10, 1865 3 years, 53 days Democrat See also. United States Secretary of State; References This page ...
In April 1865, most of the official papers of the Secret Service were burned by Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin just before the Confederate government evacuated Richmond, although a few pages of a financial ledger remain. [1] Thus, the complete story of Confederate secret operations may never be known.
Judah P. Benjamin was the first practicing Jewish Senator, and would later serve as Confederate Secretary of War and Secretary of State during the Civil War. Rahm Emanuel served as Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama. The number of Jews elected to the House rose to an all-time high of 30.
Benjamin withdrew US$1,500 in gold, giving US$200 to Surratt as payment for getting the remaining Montreal money, [clarification needed] US$650,000, couriered safely to France or England. General Gabriel Rains of the Confederate Naval Ordnance Bureau received a message the same day to send a demolitions expert to Virginia to meet with Mosby for ...
While the book mentions well-known Jewish Confederates such as Judah P. Benjamin, Moses Ezekiel, David Levy Yulee, Abraham Myers and Phoebe Pember, and lesser known Jewish Confederates like Henry M. Hyams, Benjamin F. Jonas, Adolph Proskauer and Alexander Hart, [3] [4] it is also full of vignettes about the lives of ordinary Southern Jewish ...
The Tribe of Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah.According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Ephraim and Benjamin on the east and Judah and the Philistines on the south but migrated north due to pressure of their enemies, settling at Laish (later known as Dan), near Mount Hermon.
Benjamin was the first person professing the Jewish faith to be elected to the United States Senate, and the first Jew to hold a cabinet position in North America. Benjamin attended Yale, and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he read law and passed the bar. He rose rapidly both at the bar and in politics, becoming a wealthy slaveowner, and ...