Carl Christian Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. br He emigrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–49 and became a prominent member of the new Republican Party. br 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. br Schurz represented Missouri in the United States Senate and was the 13th United States Secretary of the Interior.