Samuel Judah (1798/9 - 1869)

Samuel Judah (1798/9 – 29 April 1869) was a Jewish American lawyer and politician.
Born either 10 July 1788 or 18 July 1799, son of Benjamin S. Judah, a doctor, he graduated in 1816 in Law from Rutgers University (then Queen's College) the first Jew to do so. He was called to the bar the same year. He lived in Vincennes, Indiana, but practiced law nationally.
He was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives from 1827 to 1829. In 1830 he was the United States Attorney for the District of Indiana. He was once again in the House of Representatives from 1839 to 1841, and was Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1840.

Family

Married Harriet Brandon (1808-1884) on 22 June 1825, they had one son Samuel Brandon Judah (b. 1845).

Legacy

Judah left an archive of some 1,000 letters.