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     • David Levy Yulee was a Jewish American politician and the first person of Jewish heritage elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. Yulee was born in St. Thomas on June 12, 1810.
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   Who was David Levy Yulee?

   • David Levy Yulee was a Jewish American politician and the first person of Jewish heritage elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. Yulee was born in St. Thomas on June 12, 1810.

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   What did David Levy Yulee do in the Seminole War?

   • Later did move to Indian TerritoryDavid Levy YuleeLed efforts in trying to achieve Florida statehood, was one of the U.S. senators, built the states first railroadGeneral Thomas Jesup3rd U.S. army general assigned to Florida Territory during second Seminole War. Captured Osceola.

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   Was Yulee a radical leader?

   • For instance, Fairbanks assesses Yulee as “among the most radical of the southern leaders,” and Cutler claims that “He was soon drawn into the debates on slavery and for fifteen years was one fo the most ardent champions of the cause of the southern states.”

   David Levy Yulee: Conflict and Continuity in Social Memory

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   David Levy Yulee was a Jewish American politician and the first person of Jewish heritage elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. Yulee was born in St. Thomas on June 12, 1810.

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   With his successful 1845 election, Yulee became the first individual of Jewish ancestry to be elected to the United States Senate. Hailed as the “Father of Florida Railroads,” Yulee also founded the Florida Railroad Company.

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6. www.jacksonvillemag.com › 2017/01/26 › trialsTrials and Tribulations: the many lives of David Levy Yulee

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   Jan 26, 2017 · David Levy Yulee’s early prominence disputes some historians’ claims that Jews didn’t live in Florida until after World War II. He was born in 1810 into a wealthy Moroccan-Jewish family in St. Thomas before coming to Florida as a teen.

7. www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.orgDavid Levy Yulee: Conflict and Continuity in Social Memory

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   David Levy Yulee was one of nineteenth-century Florida’s most enigmatic and distinguished leaders. Since his death in 1886, Floridians have chosen to remember different aspects of his remarkable life. Some communities have concentrated on his political career, especially his relationship with the Confederacy.

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8. fernandinaobserver.com › stories › david-levy-yuleeDavid Levy Yulee: A Man, A Moment in Time, A Monument

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   Jun 12, 2014 · David Levy Yulee is the Father of Florida Statehood and the first Jew to serve as a U.S. Senator, a visionary who wrested a railroad from the wilderness that was early Florida. He is also the Father of Fernandina since it was his redesign and relocation of the original town that enabled the creation of the town as we know it today.

9. www.jewoftheweek.net › 2014/09/03 › jews-of-the-weekJews of the Week: Moses Levy and David Levy Yulee

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   Sep 3, 2014 · His son, David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) was elected to the House of Representatives in 1841. When Florida became a state in 1845, he became the first Jew in the US Senate. The following year, he married into a prominent Kentucky family, and to do so, had to convert to Christianity.

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    David Levy Yulee. U.S. Senator (D-Florida) Born: June 12, 1810 Birthplace: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. David Levy Yulee was born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, went to school in Virginia, and moved to Florida in 1824, where his father had bought 50,000 acres of land near Jacksonville.