Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz (; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German 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 new 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 was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.Born in the Kingdom of Prussia's Rhine Province, 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 revolution 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. After being admitted to the Wisconsin bar, he established a legal practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also became a strong advocate for the anti-slavery movement and joined the newly organized Republican Party, unsuccessfully running for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. After briefly representing the United States as Minister (ambassador) to Spain, Schurz served as a general in the American Civil War, fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg and other major battles.
After the war, Schurz established a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, and won election to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first German-born American elected to that body. Breaking with Republican President Ulysses S. Grant, Schurz helped establish the Liberal Republican Party. The party advocated civil service reform, sound money, low tariffs, low taxes, and an end to railroad grants, and opposed Grant's efforts to protect African-American civil rights in the Southern United States during Reconstruction. Schurz chaired the 1872 Liberal Republican convention, which nominated a ticket that unsuccessfully challenged President Grant in the 1872 presidential election. Schurz lost his own 1874 re-election bid and resumed his career as a newspaper editor. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1878.
After Republican Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election, he appointed Schurz as his Secretary of the Interior. Schurz sought to make civil service based on merit rather than political and party connections and helped prevent the transfer of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the War Department. Schurz moved to New York City after Hayes left office in 1881 and briefly served as the editor of the ''New York Evening Post'' and ''The Nation'' and later became the editorial writer for ''Harper's Weekly''. He remained active in politics and led the "Mugwump" movement, which opposed nominating James G. Blaine in the 1884 presidential election. Schurz opposed William Jennings Bryan's bimetallism in the 1896 presidential election but supported Bryan's anti-imperialist campaign in the 1900 presidential election. Schurz died in New York City in 1906. Provided by Wikipedia
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The reminiscences of Carl Schurz, illustrated with portraits and original drawings. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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The spoils system ; an address to the Civil service reform league delivered in Washington, D. C., December 12, 1895 by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Der erste Eindruck des neuen Landes = The first impression of the new country by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Abraham Lincoln, a biographical essay by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Autobiography by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Vormärz in Deutschland ; Erinnerungen, Briefe. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Intimate letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869 by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Intimate letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869 by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Abraham Lincoln; an essay by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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The great issue of American politics. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Honest money and labor by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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American imperialism ; the convocation address delivered on the occasion of the twenty-seventh convocation of the University of Chicago by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Die Briefe. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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The reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Henry Clay. by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Lebenserinnerungen : bis zum Jahre 1850 by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Abraham Lincoln : an essay by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Abraham Lincoln by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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Sturmjahre : Lebenserinnerungen 1829-1852 by Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
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