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Judah P. Benjamin

American politician and lawyer (1811-1884)
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Judah P. Benjamin
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[28]
Date of birth
August 6, 1811, 1811[10]
Date of death
May 6, 1884, 1884[11]
Place of birth
Christiansted
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
United States[14]
Occupation
politician, barrister, diplomat, businessperson, writer, jurist, foreign minister[15][16]
Field of work
law, politics[17][18]
Position held
member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Confederate States Secretary of State, Confederate States Secretary of War, Confederate States Attorney General, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, justice minister, defence minister[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Educated at
Yale College[26]
Religion or worldview
Judaism[27]
Member of political party
Whig Party[29]
Cause of death
disease[30]
Work location
Washington, D.C., Baton Rouge[33][34]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[40]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36][37][38][39]
Family name
Benjamin[31]
Given name
Judah[32]
Manner of death
natural causes[35]
Name in native language
Judah Philip Benjamin[41]
Place of burial
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Grave of Judah Philip Benjamin[12][13]
Social classification
slave owner
🏷️ Also known as
en Judah Philip Benjamin en Judah P. Benjamin ar جودا بي. بنجامين cs Judah Philip Benjamin es Judah P. Benjamin es Judah P Benjamin fa جودا پی. بنجامین fi Judah Philip Benjamin fr Judah Benjamin fr Judah P. Benjamin he יהודה פיליפ בנימין it Judah P. Benjamin ja フィリップ・バンジャマン ja ジュダ・P・ベンジャミン ja ジューダ・P・ベンジャミン ja ジューダ・フィリップ・ベンジャミン ja ジューダ・フィリプ・ベンジャミン ja ジューダ・ベンジャミン ja ジュダー・P・ベンジャミン ja ジュダー・フィリップ・ベンジャミン
🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000081355970
VIAF cluster ID
56694284
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50008111
GND ID
118850598
Alvin ID
alvin-person:22264
American National Biography ID
0400093
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/90360
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123964560
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01341236
CiNii Research ID
1140845216548350848
Comic Vine ID
4005-137044
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Judah-P-Benjamin
Show all 45 identifiers +33
FAST ID
2282
Find a Grave memorial ID
6372266
Freebase ID
/m/01fptq
IdRef ID
069905754
J9U entity ID
987007463489005171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
2970
Jewish Virtual Library ID
judah-benjamin
Libraries Australia ID
35017335
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01879079
NDL Authority ID
00767130
NL CR AUT ID
mub20191037186
NLA Trove people ID
791899
NUKAT ID
n2006092111
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000401524
National Library of Latvia ID
000140968
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811269953505606
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp53992
National Virtual Library of India ID
491630
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073918814
Newman Numismatics Portal ID
230
Open Library ID
OL1049804A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
68328
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
2096
Political Graveyard politician ID
benjamin.html#395.46.65
SBN author ID
TO0V051541
SHARE Catalogue author ID
294216
SNAC ARK ID
w61657pz, w66m3f7j
Topic's main category
Category:Judah Philip Benjamin
Trading Card Database name ID
96335
US Congress Bio ID
B000365
WikiTree person ID
Benjamin-1802
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtRQwKfftKCqkBBXk83cP
Yale LUX ID
person/9b7f40d0-4bc3-4d21-a061-2b3b2b504938

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🔗 Connections
Position held 7
justice minister, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, Confederate States Secretary of State, Confederate States Secretary of War
Occupation 6
writer, politician, diplomat, jurist, businessperson, barrister
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Field of work 2
politics, law
Work location 2
Washington, D.C., Baton Rouge
Cause of death 1
disease
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Yale College
Family name 1
Benjamin
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of political party 1
Whig Party
Place of birth 1
Christiansted
Place of burial 1
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Place of death 1
Paris
Religion or worldview 1
Judaism
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Judah P. Benjamin was born on August 6, 1811[1], in Christiansted[2]. He died on May 6, 1884[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as a politician[5], barrister[6], diplomat[7], businessperson[8], and writer[9].

FAQs

Where was Judah P. Benjamin born?

Judah P. Benjamin's place of birth was Christiansted[2].

Where did Judah P. Benjamin die?

Judah P. Benjamin passed away in Paris[4].

What did Judah P. Benjamin do for work?

Judah P. Benjamin worked as a politician[5], barrister[6], diplomat[7], businessperson[8], and writer[9].

Where did Judah P. Benjamin go to school?

Judah P. Benjamin was educated at Yale College[26].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [9] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  21. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [12] ↑ . Dictionnaire historique du Père-Lachaise. wikidata.org.
  24. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [10] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [11] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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