Joseph Karth

Joseph Edward Karth (August 26, 1922 – May 29, 2005) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota, August 26, 1922; 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 Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; established a consulting firm; died on May 29, 2005, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Preceded by: Eugene McCarthy	U.S. Representative from the 4th Congressional District of Minnesota 1959 – 1977	Succeeded by: Bruce Vento