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1. Who was the last American president to have been a slave master?     
2.  Who was the first American president to have a Jewish Secretary of Defense/War?

    3. Who was the first American president to have a Jewish Secretary of the Treasury?
    4. Who was the first American president to have a Jewish Secretary of State?
    5. Who was the first gay US president?


        Answers: 
        1) Ulysses S Grant. He was the sole master of at least five slaves. They had all belonged to Grant's father-in-law, Frederick Dent.  The last four traveled with Grant during the war and found Grant such a disagreeable master that they escaped. One slave was called "Black Julia" to distinguish her from Grant's wife Julia.

        2, 3, and 4.  President Jefferson Davis. All three positions were filled, at different times, by Judah P. Benjamin.  

        5. President James Buchanan. He had a close relationship with William Devane Rufus King, who was Vice-President under Franklin  Pierce. Andrew Jackson called King Miss Nancy and others called King Mrs. Buchanan. Seattle's King County was named for William Rufus King when it was founded in 1852. It was renamed in honor of Martin Luther King in 2007 because William Rufus had owned       slaves. King county is 171 years old today.