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Carl Schurz

1829 - 1906

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Carl Christian Schurz (German: [ʃʊɐ̯ts]; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. After serving as a Union general in the American Civil War, he helped found the short-lived Liberal Republican Party and became a prominent advocate of civil service reform. Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Schurz is the 12,274th most popular politician (down from 11,023rd in 2019), the 3,675th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,289th in 2019) and the 1,040th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carl Schurz ranks 12,274 out of 19,576. Before him are José María Guido, Xu Xiangqian, Milan Neralić, Hugh IX of Lusignan, Nicolò da Ponte, and Koppány. After him are Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Jules Méline, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Eric Trolle, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Quanah Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Carl Schurz ranks 50. Before him are Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Alfred Newton, Edmond Albius, Ludvig Lorenz, and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Suzanne Manet, Charles Walter De Vis, Jean Dufresne, Lester Allan Pelton, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer. Among people deceased in 1906, Carl Schurz ranks 51. Before him are Georges Rayet, Alfred Stevens, Martin Wegelius, Johann Most, Marin Drinov, and Todor Burmov. After him are Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Suzanne Manet, Ferdinand Brunetière, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Fritz Schaudinn, and Stevan Sremac.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Schurz ranks 3,677 out of 7,253. Before him are Herman Grimm (1828), Peter Winter (1754), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), and Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825). After him are Adam Müller (1779), Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606), Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834), Cornelia Froboess (1943), Konrad von Erlichshausen (1390), and Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Carl Schurz ranks 1,040. Before him are Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1702), Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826), Otto Gessler (1875), Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883), Adolf III of Holstein (1160), and Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576). After him are Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834), Konrad von Erlichshausen (1390), Richard Röstel (1872), Ernst Hoppenberg (1878), Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541), and Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1581).

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