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Edmund Jüssen
Edmund Jüssen
Collector of Internal Revenue of 1st District of Illinois
	In office; Unknown-March 10, 1871
Succeeded by	Hermann Raster
Personal details
Born	1830; Germany
Died	1891; Frankfurt, Germany
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician

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Edmund Jüssen {1831-1890) was an American politician and diplomat.

Jüssen came to the Wisconsin Territory in 1847. He open a store in Columbus, Wisconsin. He then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and back to Columbus, Wisconsin. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar. Jüssen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1861. He served in the 23rd Wisconsin Voluntary Infantry Regiment as a colonel in the American Civil War. After the was he practiced law in Chicago, Illinois. He was United States Consul General in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He died in Frankfurt, Germany while returning to the United States.^[2]

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^ Monroe, Marie Jussen "Biographical sketch of Edmund Jussen" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 12 /Issue: 2 (1928-1929)
^ Wisconsin Historical Society

[1] Monroe, Marie Jussen "Biographical sketch of Edmund Jussen" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 12 /Issue: 2 (1928-1929)

[2] Wisconsin Historical Society

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+'''Edmund Jüssen''' {1831-1890) was an American politician and diplomat.
-Edmund Jüssen was a soldier and the Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Illinois prior to the appointment of his successor, [[Hermann Raster]], by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]].
-Jüssen came to Wisconsin in 1847 and initially lived hand-to-mouth in Portage, Columbia County, and with Count Agoston Haraszthy (1812-1869) at Prairie du Sac in Sauk Co. before opening a general store in Columbus in 1849. He studied law on his own, married Schurz's younger sister Antoinette in 1856, and was admitted to the bar in 1859 in Madison, from which place he was elected to the Assembly in 1861. A staunch Republican and anti-slavery advocate, he was appointed Colonel of the Wisconsin 23rd Infantry in 1862 but was invalided out in 1863 with a lifelong illness. He practiced law in Chicago after the war until he died in Frankfurt, Germany, while en route home to the U.S. in 1891.
+Jüssen came to the [[Wisconsin Territory]] in 1847. He open a store in [[Columbus, Wisconsin]]. He then moved to [[Saint Louis, Missouri]] and back to Columbus, Wisconsin. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar. Jüssen served in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 1861. He served in the [[23rd Wisconsin Voluntary Infantry Regiment]] as a colonel in the [[American Civil War]]. After the was he practiced law in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He was United States Consul General in [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]]. He died in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] while returning to the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?index.asp?action=view&term_id=14481&search_term=jussen Wisconsin Historical Society]</ref>
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