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Joseph Edward Karth

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1977ID K000014
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,690 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,690 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1959 → 1961
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.5%with Democrats
of 357 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +9 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 29, 1976H.R. 14970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance87.3% · 118 votes
Congress89.5% · 76 votes
Energy83.8% · 74 votes
Government Operations and Politics92.9% · 42 votes
International Affairs59.3% · 27 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment95.7% · 23 votes
Taxation95.5% · 22 votes
Agriculture and Food85.7% · 21 votes
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 18 votes
Commerce100% · 15 votes
District of Columbia92.3% · 13 votes
Law91.7% · 12 votes
Health90.9% · 11 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9 votes
Education— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Lobbying— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Revenue sharing— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

9 Congresses
86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat · House · MN86th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
JK

Joseph Edward Karth

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSED1959–19779 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.9%with Democrats
of 1,690 votes · 9.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,690 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 357 votes88.5%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance87.3% · 118
Congress89.5% · 76
Energy83.8% · 74
Government Operations and Politics92.9% · 42
International Affairs59.3% · 27
Transportation and Public Works92.6% · 27
Labor and Employment95.7% · 23
Taxation95.5% · 22
Agriculture and Food85.7% · 21
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 18
Commerce100% · 15
District of Columbia92.3% · 13
Law91.7% · 12
Health90.9% · 11
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9
Education— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Lobbying— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Revenue sharing— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat86th–94th

Party switchers

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