Edmund Jüssen

Edmund Jüssen
Edmund Jüssen
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 (aged 60–61); Frankfurt, Germany[1]
Political party	Republican
Father	Jacob Jüssen
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]

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

Preceded by John M. Corse	Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Illinois 1869	Succeeded by Hermann Raster

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