Frank M. Karsten

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Frank Melvin Karsten (January 7, 1913 - May 14, 1992) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Karsten graduated from Beaumont High School, St. Louis, Missouri. LL.B., National University (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., 1940. LL.D., Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, 1969. He was a lawyer in private practice. He served as staff member for United States Representative John J. Cochran from 1934 to 1946. He served as delegate, General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, Geneva, Switzerland, 1957. He served as delegate, British-American Parliamentary Conference from 1964 to 1965.

Karsten was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1969). He served as assistant Democratic whip from 1947 to 1969. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-first Congress in 1968. He died on May 14, 1992, in San Antonio, Texas. He was interred in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas.

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• Frank M. Karsten at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by John J. Cochran	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 13th congressional district 1947-1953	Succeeded by District dissolved
Preceded by Clare Magee	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district 1953-1969	Succeeded by Bill Clay