Postbellum Career
Osborn returned to his legal practice in Chicago, engaged in several business ventures, and he also held several Federally-appointed position. He was elected as the treasurer of Cook County, Illinois, serving from 1867 until 1869. He entered the State Department in 1874 after receiving a presidential appointment as the U.S. Minister to Argentina. He served in Buenos Aires until 1885. He was significant involved in the negotiations to the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina.
In the spring of 1904, Osborn died in Washington, D.C., after suffering for ten hours from a massive cerebral hemorrhage that paralyzed him.
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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