CS Exe Benjamin, Judah P. - C.S. Secretary of State

Judah Phillip Benjamin
Confederate States Secretary of State
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Born: August 6, 1811

Birthplace: Saint Croix, West Indies

Father: Phillip Benjamin 1779 – 1852
(Buried: Jewish Cemetery at Hanover Street, Charleston, S.C.)​

Mother: Rebecca de Mendes 1784 – 1847
(Buried: Dispersed of Judah Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana)​

Wife: Natalie St. Martin 1815 – 1891
(Buried: Cimetere du Pere Lachaise, Paris, France)​

Children:

Ninette Benjamin De Bousignas 1842 – 1898​

Signature:
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Education:

1825 – 1827:
Attended Yale College
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Occupation before War:

School Teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana

Attorney in New Orleans Louisiana

1842 – 1844: Louisiana State Representative

1853 – 1861: United States Senator from Louisiana

1855 – 1861: Senate Chairman on Private Land Claims

Civil War Service:

1861:
Confederate States Attorney General
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1861 – 1862: Confederate States Secretary of War

1862 – 1865: Confederate States Secretary of State

Occupation after War:

Commercial Law Attorney in London, England

1872 – 1883: Counsel to the Queen of England

1883 – 1884: Lived in Paris, France with his daughter

Died: May 6, 1884

Place of Death: Paris, France

Cause of Death: Heart Trouble

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, Paris, France

 
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Jefferson Davis call him "A master of law, and the most accomplished statesman I have ever known". After the war he became so successful practicing law in England that He would take no cases for fees less than 300 guineas($1,500) . When He retired in 1883, the Bar Of England honored him with a farewell dinner.
 
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