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Judah P. Benjamin

Senator from LA · Served 1853–1861 (8 years)

Senate sealSenateWhigLA
Birth countryUS Virgin Islands
Chamber

Senate

First elected

1853

Status

Left office 1861

Non-citizen voting in US Virgin Islands

US territory — limited

As a US territory, residents who are US citizens may vote in local elections but cannot vote in presidential elections or for voting members of Congress.

Partial / local elections only

Judah P. Benjamin was born in a country with limited non-citizen voting rights, typically at the local level only.

Other members born in US Virgin Islands(1)

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David Levy YuleeSenate · FL · 1845–1861
Democrat