Joseph Karth

Joseph Edward Karth (August 26, 1922 – May 29, 2005) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota; all four of his grandparents were German immigrants.

{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X38R-RBF |title= United States Census, 1930 |website= FamilySearch |access-date=March 18, 2018 }} He attended public schools and the University of Nebraska School of Engineering; interrupted his education during the Second World War to serve in the United States Army, with service in the European Theater of Operations; employed by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company; international representative of OCAW-AFL-CIO 1947–1958; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1950–1958; elected as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to the 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, and 94th congresses, (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the 95th Congress in 1976; established a consulting firm; died on May 29, 2005, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

References

[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10307 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]

{{CongBio|K000014}} Retrieved on 2008-02-18

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[http://www.footnote.com/image/12428413/ A Letter to USMC about UFOs] written by Congressman Karth 1961
The [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00275.xml Papers of Joseph E. Karth] are available for research use at the [http://www.mnhs.org Minnesota Historical Society.]

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