Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)

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Democratic Party

Degree for Jane Addams, May 31, 1904

Autobiographical Notes upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: A War Time Childhood, April 1910

Statement on Hull House Speakers, February 1, 1915 (excerpt)

Patriotism and Pacifists in War Time (fragment), Spring 1917

The United States on Trial, c. February 6, 1917

Christian Sihler to Jane Addams, July 1, 1917

Plain Dealer's Post Box, July 1, 1917

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Birth Date

1829-03-02

Death Date

1906-05-14

Birthplace

Liblar, Prussia

Biographical Text

Carl Schurz was a German revolutionary and American statesman. During the Civil War, he was a Union Army General. In 1861 he was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, and he was U.S. Senator from 1869 to 1875, as well as Secretary of the Interior from 1877 to 1881. Prior to his career in the United States, Schurz founded the Bonner Zeitung, a newspaper advocating for democratic reforms during the Revolution of 1848, with his professor Gottfried Kinkel. In 1849 Schurz joined the revolutionary army. In 1852 he immigrated to the United States, and he began to practice law. After the Civil War, he moved to Detroit and became the editor of the Detroit Post. He then became the editor and joint proprietor of the Westliche Post (Western Post). His wife, Margarethe Schurz, played a large part in establishing the kindergarten system in the United States.

Schurz married Margarethe Meyer in 1852. Schurz died in 1906.

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Journalist

Lawyer

Senator

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Inger, Christian. Carl Schurz / C. Inger ; T. Sinclair & Son Lith. Philadelphia. 1872. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C., Photo