Schenectady County NyArchives Biographies.....Benjamin, Judah P. August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884
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Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884) was born Aug., 6, 1811 in Danish West Indies then 
under temporary British occupation in the Napolonic Wars, now U. S. owned Virgin
Islands. Prominent in the Cabinet of the Confederate States of America (1861-
1865). A confident of President Jefferson Davis, he was the only Jewish member 
of the Cabinet. He served as Attorney General, Secretary of War, Secretary of 
State, CSA. At the end of the war when General Robert E. Lee (4 star) 
surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses Grant, April 9, 1865, Judah made his 
way to Key West, Fl., where he took a ship to England renewing his British 
citizenship. He was a leader of the English bar. He died in Paris, France where 
his wife and child had lived a number of years. Buried in Paris in an 
undistinguished grave. In 1938 the Daughters of the Confederacy eracted a 
plaque recognizing his service to Mankind. He wrote "A Treatise on the Law of 
sale of Personal Property." Known as "Benjamin on Sales." which is still a 
legal classic. His career is one of the most remarkable examples in modern 
history of successful struggle against adversity.
John B. King, Tampa, Fl.
tibbs43192004@yahoo.com


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