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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August
6, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Louisiana; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Fell
from a tram
car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney
and heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May
6, 1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Sebastiano Paiewonsky Cassinelli —
of St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin Islands, 2008
(member, Rules
Committee).
Jewish. Italian
and Lithuanian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Morris Fidanque=de=Castro (1902-1966) —
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, 1902.
Secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1945-50; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1949-54.
Jewish. Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, December
9, 1966 (age about 64
years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Naar (1800-1880) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
6, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1842-45; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1848; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1865.
Jewish. Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
24, 1880 (age 79 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Michael Albert Paiewonsky (1939-2004) —
also known as Michael A. Paiewonsky —
of St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1939.
Member of Virgin
Islands legislature, 1979-82; defeated (Independent), 2000;
Independent candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the Virgin Islands, 1994.
Jewish ancestry.
Died June 16,
2004 (age 64 years, 262
days).
Interment at Altona Jewish Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
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Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) —
also known as Ralph Paiewonsky —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
9, 1907.
Democrat. Manager or president of distillery,
movie
theaters, a liquor
store and a gift
shop; one of the organizers of the West Indies Bank and
Trust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1940,
1944
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956,
1964,
1980;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;
Governor
of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in St. Thomas Hospital,
St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1991 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Entombed at Altona Jewish Cemetery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61; imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Jewish.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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