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Judah P. Benjamin

1811 - 1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana, a member of the Confederate States Cabinet 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 the Danish West Indies when it was occupied by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. Seeking greater opportunities, his family immigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judah P. Benjamin is the 14,815th most popular politician (down from 14,457th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from U.S. Virgin Islands and the most popular Politician.

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Among politicians, Judah P. Benjamin ranks 14,815 out of 19,576. Before him are Julio Acosta García, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Kiran Bedi, Alfonso Portillo, Pedro María de Anaya, and Spyridon Lambros. After him are Celso Amorim, Victor Bérard, Kudur-Mabuk, Apama II, Manius Otacilius Crassus, and Enrique Peralta Azurdia.

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Among people born in 1811, Judah P. Benjamin ranks 63. Before him are Dimitrija Demeter, Johann Georg von Hahn, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, James Hall, John Neumann, and Katarina Ivanović. After him are Diomidis Kyriakos, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Victor Duruy, Henry Liddell, Karl Ludwig Littrow, and John William Casilear. Among people deceased in 1884, Judah P. Benjamin ranks 61. Before him are Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Heinrich Göppert, Daniel Harrwitz, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, and John Hutton Balfour. After him are Menyhért Lónyay, Arnold Henry Guyot, Heinrich Laube, Alfred Francis Russell, Quintino Sella, and José Eusebio Otalora.

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In U.S. Virgin Islands

Among people born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Judah P. Benjamin ranks 6 out of 12. Before him are Camille Pissarro (1830), Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818), Kelsey Grammer (1955), Emile Griffith (1938), and Tim Duncan (1976). After him are Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832), John de Jongh Jr. (1957), Jasmin St. Claire (1972), Peter Holmberg (1960), Raja Bell (1976), and Daryl Homer (1990).

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Among POLITICIANS In U.S. Virgin Islands

Among politicians born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Judah P. Benjamin ranks 1. After him are John de Jongh Jr. (1957).

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