Judah P. Benjamin
E308691
Confederate States of America politician
Jewish American politician
United States politician
barrister
human
lawyer
politician
Judah P. Benjamin was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who became a leading statesman of the Confederate government, serving successively as its Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judah P. Benjamin canonical | 5 |
| Judah Philip Benjamin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2884590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Judah P. Benjamin Context triple: [Confederate States Cabinet, officeHeldBy, Judah P. Benjamin]
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A.
George Alexander Stevens
George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
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B.
William Gibbons
William Gibbons was an early 17th-century English navigator and explorer associated with Arctic and Northwest Passage voyages.
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C.
Thoroughgood Marshall
Thoroughgood Marshall, better known as Thurgood Marshall, was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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D.
Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
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E.
John Marshall Clemens
John Marshall Clemens was an American lawyer, judge, and the father of author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Judah P. Benjamin Target entity description: Judah P. Benjamin was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who became a leading statesman of the Confederate government, serving successively as its Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.
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A.
George Alexander Stevens
George Alexander Stevens was an 18th-century English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads."
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B.
William Gibbons
William Gibbons was an early 17th-century English navigator and explorer associated with Arctic and Northwest Passage voyages.
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C.
Thoroughgood Marshall
Thoroughgood Marshall, better known as Thurgood Marshall, was a pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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D.
Amos Kendall
Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
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E.
John Marshall Clemens
John Marshall Clemens was an American lawyer, judge, and the father of author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confederate States of America politician
ⓘ
Jewish American politician ⓘ United States politician ⓘ barrister ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| became | Queen's Counsel in England ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1811-08-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
U.S. Virgin Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish West Indies
Saint Croix ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Paris
ⓘ
Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1884-05-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ⓘ
Jewish Encyclopedia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale College
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| familyName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
ⓘ
international law ⓘ |
| fullName |
Judah P. Benjamin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Judah Philip Benjamin
|
| givenName |
Yehuda
ⓘ
surface form:
Judah
|
| holdsPosition |
Confederate States Attorney General
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate States Attorney General (from 1861-02-21 to 1861-09-17)
Confederate States Secretary of State (from 1862-03-24 to 1865-05-10) ⓘ Confederate States Secretary of War (from 1861-09-17 to 1862-03-24) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate States of America government
United States Senate ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| notableFor |
being a leading statesman of the Confederate government
ⓘ
being the first professing Jew to serve in the United States Senate ⓘ |
| notableWork | Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| owned | sugar plantation in Louisiana ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Confederate States Attorney General
ⓘ
Confederate States Secretary of State ⓘ Confederate States Secretary of War ⓘ United States Senator from Louisiana ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | New Orleans ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| representedInLegislature | Louisiana ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
New Orleans ⓘ |
| servedIn | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| settledIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| spouse | Natalie St. Martin ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861-02-21 ⓘ |
| stateOfBarAdmission | Louisiana ⓘ |
| studiedLawBy | reading law ⓘ |
| wasSlaveOwner | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Judah P. Benjamin Description of subject: Judah P. Benjamin was a prominent 19th-century American politician and lawyer who became a leading statesman of the Confederate government, serving successively as its Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Judah Philip Benjamin