David Levy Yulee
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About
American politician and member of the Democratic party who represented Florida in the Senate from 1845 to 1851. He was notably the first Jewish member of the U.S. Senate.
Before Fame
He moved from the Virgin Islands to Florida when he was a child.
Trivia
After Civil War was declared he withdrew from the Senate and became a member of the Confederate Congress.
Family Life
He married Nannie C. Wickliffe in 1846.
Associated With
His senatorship led the way for other Jewish Senators including Carl Levin.
