Edmund Jüssen
Edmund Jüssen | |
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United States Consul General in Vienna | |
In office 1885–1891 | |
Appointed by | Grover Cleveland |
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Illinois | |
In office April 19, 1869 – December 1869 | |
Preceded by | John M. Corse |
Succeeded by | Hermann Raster |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Dane 5th district | |
In office January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1863 | |
Preceded by | Dominick O'Malley |
Succeeded by | George Hyer |
Personal details | |
Born | 1830 Prussia |
Died | February 17, 1891 Frankfurt, Germany[1] | (aged 60–61)
Political party | Republican |
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Profession | Politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army Union Army |
Rank | Colonel, USV |
Commands | 23rd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Edmund Jüssen (1830 – February 17, 1891) was a German American politician and diplomat.
Biography
Jüssen came to the Wisconsin Territory from Germany in 1847 where he opened a store in Columbus, in Columbia County, Wisconsin. He then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri, but returned to Columbus. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar.
Jüssen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862 as a Republican. He served in the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a colonel in the American Civil War. After the war he practiced law in Chicago, Illinois.
He was United States Consul General in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, in 1885. His father, Jacob Jüssen, til 1848 mayor of Jülich, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, was an uncle of Carl Schurz.
He died in Frankfurt, German Empire, while returning to the United States.[2]
References
- ^ Monroe, Marie Jussen "Biographical sketch of Edmund Jussen" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 12 /Issue: 2 (1928-1929)
- ^ Wisconsin Historical Society
- 1830 births
- 1891 deaths
- People from Columbus, Wisconsin
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- German emigrants to the United States
- Illinois lawyers
- Wisconsin lawyers
- American consuls
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- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 19th-century American politicians
- Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly stubs