Edmund Jüssen
United States Consul General in Vienna
In office
1885–1891
Appointed byGrover Cleveland
Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Illinois
In office
April 19, 1869 – December 1869
Preceded byJohn M. Corse
Succeeded byHermann Raster
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Dane 5th district
In office
January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1863
Preceded byDominick O'Malley
Succeeded byGeorge Hyer
Personal details
Born1830
Prussia
DiedFebruary 17, 1891(1891-02-17) (aged 60–61)
Frankfurt, Germany[1]
Political partyRepublican
Parent
  • Jacob Jüssen (father)
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Union Army
Rank Colonel, USV
Commands23rd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Edmund Jüssen (1830 – February 17, 1891) was a German-American politician and diplomat.

Biography

Jüssen was the son of Jacob Jüssen (1802–1880), who served as postmaster of Columbus, Wisconsin in the 1860s,[2] and Catharina Rütz Jüssen (1811–1891). Edmund Jüssen came to the Wisconsin Territory from Germany in 1847. He opened a store in Columbus. He then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri but returned to Columbus. He studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar.[3]

Jüssen served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862 as a Republican.[2] He served in the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant-colonel in the American Civil War.[2][3] After the war he practiced law in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

He was United States Consul General in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, in 1885.[3] His father, Jacob Jüssen, until 1848 mayor of Jülich, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, was an uncle of Carl Schurz.

He died in Frankfurt, German Empire,[2] while returning to the United States.[4] He was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Monroe, Marie Jussen "Biographical sketch of Edmund Jussen" Wisconsin Magazine Of History. Volume: 12 /Issue: 2 (1928-1929)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Death of Edmund Juessen". The Watertown News. Watertown, WI. February 25, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. 1 2 3 "Edmund Jussen Dead". The Oshkosh Northwstern. Watertown, WI. February 20, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ Wisconsin Historical Society
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