For 10 points - name this Confederate attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state.
This owner of the Bellechasse sugar plantation once challenged Jefferson Davis to a duel.  Davis probably would have won if he'd accepted the challenge, since this man had nearly lost his eyesight through overwork at the law practice he shared with John Slidell.  In 1858 this Louisianan became the first professing Jew in the U.S. Senate, and in 1861 he mended fences with Davis and joined his cabinet.  For 10 points - name this Confederate attorney general, secretary of war, and secretary of state.
This owner of the Bellechasse sugar plantation once challenged Jefferson Davis to a duel.  
Judah Philip Benjamin