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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. 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

• Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

• United States Congress. "Joseph Karth (id: K000014)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-18

1. "United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch, retrieved March 18, 2018

External links

• "Joseph Karth". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
• A Letter to USMC about UFOs written by Congressman Karth 1961
• The Papers of Joseph E. Karth are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.

• 1922 births
• 2005 deaths
• Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Military personnel from Minnesota
• AFL-CIO people
• United States Army personnel of World War II
• American people of German descent
• American Presbyterians
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• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota
• People from New Brighton, Minnesota
• 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives