Q:Facts: - profession: politician - death place: frankfurt , germany - term: 1869-march 10 , 1871 - party: republican - death date: 1891 - office: collector illinois of internal revenue for the 1st district of - succeeded: hermann raster - birth date: february 17 , 1830 - state: illinois - name: edmund jussen - birth place: germany - religion: christian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edmund jussen .
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edmund jussen -lrb- 1830-february 17 , 1891 -rrb- was an american politician and diplomat .jussen 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 .jussen 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 .jussen was a brother in law of carl schurz .he died in frankfurt , germany while returning to the united states .