Carl Schurz Autograph

Carl Schurz (German: ; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German 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. More about Carl Schurz

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Current items with a signature of Carl Schurz

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thumbnailCARL SCHURZ - SIGNATURE(S) 04/10/1864$260.00logo
Born in the Kingdom of Prussia's Rhine Province, Schurz fought for democratic reforms in the German revolutions of 1848–1849 as a member of the academic fraternity association Deutsche Burschenschaft. After Prussia suppressed the revolution Schurz fled to France. When police forced him to leave France he migrated to London. Like many other "Forty-Eighters", he then migrated to the United States, settling in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1852. After being admitted to the Wisconsin bar, he established a legal practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He also became a strong advocate for the anti-slavery movement and joined the newly organized Republican Party, unsuccessfully running for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. After briefly representing the United States as Minister (ambassador) to Spain, Schurz served as a general in the American Civil War, fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg and other major battles.

After the war, Schurz established a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri, and won election to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first German-born American elected to that body. Breaking with Republican President Ulysses S. Grant, Schurz helped establish the Liberal Republican Party. The party advocated civil service reform, sound money, low tariffs, low taxes, and an end to railroad grants, and opposed Grant's efforts to protect African-American civil rights in the Southern United States during Reconstruction. Schurz chaired the 1872 Liberal Republican convention, which nominated a ticket that unsuccessfully challenged President Grant in the 1872 presidential election. Schurz lost his own 1874 re-election bid and resumed his career as a newspaper editor. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1878. Read even more about Carl Schurz at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Carl Schurz

The most expensive item with a signature of Carl Schurz (Civil War General Carl Schurz autographed cabinet card 1889 Senator Missouri) was sold in November 2023 for $200.00 while the cheapest item (Carl Schurz autographed album page as Secretary Of The Interior) found a new owner for $7.99 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2013 with an average selling price of $65.41 for an autographed item of Carl Schurz. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2022 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was May 2019. In average, an autographed item from Carl Schurz is worth $27.55.

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thumbnailCarl Schurz - Civil War Union General - Authentic Autographed Letter (ALS)$52.93logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz - Civil War Union General - Authentic Autographed Letter (ALS)$66.66logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz - Civil War Union General - Authentic Vintage Autographed Card$27.76logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz - Civil War Union General - Authentic Vintage Autographed Card$33.57logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz autographed cut signature attached to small clip$24.95logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz Civil War General autographed card$24.95logo
thumbnailCarl Schurz Civil War General Autographed Portrait to Carl Schurz Bolton Landing$22.99logo
thumbnailCivil War General Carl Schurz XI Corps Autograph 1863$200.00logo
thumbnailCIVIL WAR MAJOR GENERAL & U.S. SENATOR CARL SCHURZ AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE 1888.$99.00logo
thumbnailCIVIL WAR MAJOR GENERAL & U.S. SENATOR CARL SCHURZ AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE 1895$9.99logo
thumbnailCIVIL WAR MAJOR GENERAL & U.S. SENATOR CARL SCHURZ AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE 1897$12.50logo
thumbnailCIVIL WAR U.S. Major General CARL SCHURZ, Signed Document$51.75logo
thumbnailMAJOR GENERAL CARL SCHURZ Very Rare Civil War 1874 SIGNED Autograph PSA/DNA COA$149.00logo
thumbnailUnion General & Senator Carl Schurz Autographed Letter $20.45logo
thumbnailUS Civil War Union General Carl Schurz famed politician Authentic Autograph$34.99logo