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 CHRONOLOGY

Born in St. Thomas, West Indies, August 6, 1811.

Entered Yale College, 1825.

Admitted to Louisiana Bar, December 16, 1832. >

Married Natalie St. Martin, 1832.

United States Senate, 1852.

Bade farewell to Senate, February 4, 1861.

Attorney-General of Confederacy, February, 1 86 1.

Secretary of War, September, 1861.

Secretary of State, March, 1862.

Admitted to bar in England, June, 1866.

Publication of Benjamin on Sales, 1868.

Became Queen's Counsel, 1872.

Retired, 1883.

Died in Paris, May 6, 1884.

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