OVERVIEW:

BORN: 
March 2, 1829;
Liblar, Germany

DIED:
May 14, 1906;
New York, NY

EDUCATION: 
University of Bonn (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1848:
Took Part in German Revolutionary Movement,
Fled Germany
1861:
U.S. Minister to Spain
1862-1865:
Union Army
1869-1875:
U.S. Senator from Missouri
1877-1881:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior 
1881-1884:
Editor of the New York Evening Post 
1892-1898:
Contributor to Harper’s Weekly
1892-1901:
President of the National Civil Service Reform League 

RESOURCES:
State Historical Society of Missouri
Biographical Directory of Congress
Lehrman Institute
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress
The Reminiscences of Carl Shurz (All, Vol 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3)

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