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…Judah P. Benjamin =-the Jew Who Refused a Supreme Court Po-st By JACOB R. MARCUS Director, American Jewish Archives During the administration of President Franklin Pierce, 1853- 1857, U.S. Senator Judah P. Ben- jamin of Louisiana. a Jew, refused an appointment to the United States Supreme Court. Why did he decline the honor? What manner of Jew was he? Many of the answers to these questions may be found at the American Jewish Archives on the C...…