Judah P. Benjamin - Wikipedia
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.
Judah P. Benjamin | Confederate States, Attorney General, …
Judah P. Benjamin (born August 6, 1811, St. Croix, Virgin Islands—died May 6, 1884, Paris, France) was a prominent lawyer in the United States before the American Civil War (1861–65) and in England after that conflict; he also held high offices in the government of the Confederate States of America.
The Hunt for Judah P. Benjamin, the Spy Chief of the Confederacy
Jun 23, 2023 · Suspected of orchestrating the Lincoln assassination, the South’s most prominent Jew escaped to London to start a new life as a high-powered lawyer. The U.S. government secretly tried...
The Brains of the Confederacy: The Life of Judah P. Benjamin
Aug 20, 2024 · Judah P. Benjamin’s life was rife with both scandal and success. He was an anomaly: both a lawyer, nicknamed the “Brains of the Confederacy,” who became a respected political leader in the South and a Jewish scapegoat for …
Judah Phillip Benjamin - American Battlefield Trust
Judah Philip Benjamin served as the Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State for the Confederacy. The first Jewish-American to serve on an executive cabinet in American history, he has received the title “brains of the Confederacy” by scholars for his apparent position as Jefferson Davis’ right hand.
Judah Benjamin - Jewish Virtual Library
One of the most misunderstood figures in American Jewish history is Judah P. Benjamin, whom some historians have called “the brains of the Confederacy,” even as others tried to blame him for the South’s defeat.
Benjamin, Judah Philip - Encyclopedia.com
May 14, 2018 · Judah Philip Benjamin was attorney general of the Confederate States of America under President Jefferson Davis. Though described by many as a brilliant, self-made man, he was also characterized as the "dark prince of the Confederacy" in Robert W. Service's poem " …
Judah P. Benjamin, Confederacy’s Second-In-Command
Judah Philip Benjamin was a politician, a lawyer, a United States senator, and during the American Civil War, the second-in-command of the Confederacy. Benjamin was born August 6, 1811 on the island of St. Croix in the Danish West Indies …
Judah P. Benjamin - New World Encyclopedia
He was the first Jewish Cabinet-member in a North American government, and the first Jewish nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court (although he declined the position). He was the second Jewish United States Senator (after David Levy Yulee of Florida).
About judah - Judah Benjamin Society
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the War Between the States, an English barrister.