Frank M. Karsten
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Frank Melvin Karsten was a Democratic United States 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 Democratic
Representative 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
at the age of 79 and was interred there in Mission Burial Park South.
United States House of Representatives
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from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
.
Born in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Karsten graduated from Beaumont High School, St. Louis, Missouri.
LL.B., National University (now George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
), Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, 1940.
LL.D., Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa
Fairfield, Iowa
Fairfield is a city and the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,464 in the 2010 census, a decline from 9,509 in the 2000 census. - History :...
, 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 Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Representative 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
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
at the age of 79 and was interred there in Mission Burial Park South.