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Carl Schurz
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Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)
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Carl Schurz was a male politician, military officer, diplomat, and writer born in Erftstadt in 1829. He held citizenship in the United States and the Kingdom of Prussia. His career included serving as United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Ambassador to Spain, ambassador, and United States senator. He was a member of the Republican Party and the Liberal Republican Party.
Schurz served as a general in the Union Army and the United States Army, participating in the American Civil War and the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. He was educated at the University of Bonn and Dreikönigsgymnasium. His notable works include *Life of Henry Clay*, *Civil service reform*, and *The condition of the South*. He died in New York City in 1906 and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1829
- Died
- 1906
- Works
- 200
Top works
- Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 2, 1879, information concerning located but unconfirmed private land claims in the state of Louisiana
- Life of Henry Clay
- Rede von Carl Shurz, gehalten am 5. September 1896 in Chicago
- Civil service reform
- The condition of the South
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Key facts
- President
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- Preceded by
- Zachariah Chandler
- Succeeded by
- Samuel J. Kirkwood
- Born
- Carl Christian Schurz , ( 1829-03-02 ) March 2, 1829, Liblar , Rhine Province , Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
- Died
- May 14, 1906 (1906-05-14) (aged 77), New York City, U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Other political affiliations
- Liberal Republican (1870–1872)
- Spouse
- Margarethe Meyer
- Education
- University of Bonn ( BA )
- Allegiance
- German revolutionaries , United States
- Branch service
- United States Volunteers , ( Union Army )
- Years of service
- 1848, 1862–1865
- Rank
- Major general
- Battles wars
- German revolutions of 1848–1849 American Civil War Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Chattanooga campaign Carolinas campaign
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Erftstadt
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Margarethe Schurz
- Occupation
- editor
- Position held
- United States senator
- Educated at
- Dreikönigsgymnasium
- Political party
- Liberal Republican Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Conflict
- American Civil War
- Military branch
- Union Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Carl Schurz 1879.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Carl Schurz
- date of birth
- 1829-03-02
- date of death
- 1906-05-14
- archives at
- Library of Congress
- place of burial
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Carl Schurz
- name in native language
- Karl Schurz
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Carl Christian Schurz.
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Carl Schurz, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Carl Christian Schurz ( German: [ʃʊɐ̯ts]; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of the newly-forming Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil-service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and served as the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.
Born in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia, Schurz fought for democratic reforms in the German revolutions of 1848–1849 as a member of the academic fraternity association Deutsche Burschenschaft. After Prussia suppressed the revolutionary movement Schurz fled to France. When police forced him to leave France he migrated to London. Like many other "Forty-Eighters", he then migrated to the United States, settling in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1852.
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