Edmund Jüssen

Edmund Jüssen

Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st District of Illinois
In office 1869-March 10, 1871
Succeeded by	Hermann Raster

Personal details
Born	February 17, 1830 Germany
Died	1891 Frankfurt, Germany
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician

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

Jüssen came to the Wisconsin Territory from Germany in 1847. He opened a store in Columbus, Wisconsin. He then moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and back to Columbus, Wisconsin. 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. Jüssen was a brother in law of Carl Schurz. He died in Frankfurt, Germany while returning to the United States.