Schurz, Carl
soldier, journalist, United States senator, author, was born March 2, 1829, near Cologne, Germany.
He emigrated to the United States in 1852.
In 1861 he was selected by President Lincoln as minister to Spain; and was then appointed a brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1865 and 1866 he was a Washington correspondent for the New York Tribune, and subsequently was connected with the press of Detroit and St. Louis. He was elected a senator in congress from Missouri for the term commencing in 1869 and ending in 1875. In 1876 he became secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Hayes. He afterwards became editor of the New York Evening Post, in which position he continued until 1884. He is the author of Speeches; Life of Henry Clay; and Abraham Lincoln, an essay.