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Carl Schurz

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Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1829 to 1906 · aged 77
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Carl Christian Schurz 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.

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Carl Schurz as a young manCarl Schurz as a young manCarl Schurz, [c. 1859-1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public LibraryCarl Schurz, [c. 1859-1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library"For freedom in Germany and America": West German commemorative stamp featuring Schurz for the United States Bicentennial, 1976"For freedom in Germany and America": West German commemorative stamp featuring Schurz for the United States Bicentennial, 1976Carl Schurz as Major General of Volunteers during the Civil WarCarl Schurz as Major General of Volunteers during the Civil WarCarl Schurz, [c. 1859-1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public LibraryCarl Schurz, [c. 1859-1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public LibraryCarl Schurz is Don Quixote in this cartoon by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly of April 6, 1872Carl Schurz is Don Quixote in this cartoon by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly of April 6, 1872Carl Schurz and James Blaine in a Puck political cartoon of c. 1878 by J. KepplerCarl Schurz and James Blaine in a Puck political cartoon of c. 1878 by J. Keppler

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Carl Christian Schurz 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.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1829 to 1906 · aged 77
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