Judah P. Benjamin

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_figure
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Yale_College
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:birth_date August 6, 1811
gptkbp:birth_place St. Thomas, Danish West Indies
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:children Benjamin Benjamin
Eugene Benjamin
gptkbp:death_date May 6, 1884
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Judah_Philip_Benjamin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Judah P. Benjamin
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:political_leaders
Advocacy for civil rights
Legal expertise
gptkbp:legacy Influential in Southern politics
First Jewish member of a presidential cabinet
Symbol of Jewish American history
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Confederate_States_Constitution
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Politician
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Secretary_of_State_of_the_Confederate_States
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_of_the_Confederacy
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Confederate_States
gptkb:Attorney_General_of_the_Confederate_States
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Confederacy
Senator from Louisiana
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_history
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Legal history
Jewish history
Political history
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Secession of Southern States
Post-war exile
gptkbp:spouse Natalie Benjamin
gptkbp:term_start 1862
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_States_Supreme_Court
gptkb:the_Confederate_cabinet
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5