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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South DakotaKarl Earl MUNDT
(1900-1974)
Senate Years of Service:
1948-1973Party: RepublicanMUNDT, Karl Earl, a
Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Humboldt,
Minnehaha County, S.Dak., June 3, 1900; attended the public schools
of Humboldt, Pierre, and Madison, S.Dak.; graduated from Carleton
College, Northfield, Minn., in 1923 and from Columbia University,
New York City, in 1927; high school teacher of speech and social
science in Bryant, S.Dak., 1923-1924, and superintendent of schools
in Bryant 1924-1927; speech and social science teacher in General
Beadle State Teachers College, Madison, S.Dak., 1927-1936; also
engaged in the real estate and insurance business and in
agricultural pursuits; member of the State Game and Fish Commission
1931-1937; also engaged in literary pursuits; elected as a
Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the four
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his
resignation on December 30, 1948, having been appointed to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Vera C. Bushfield and served from December 31, 1948, to January
3, 1949; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in
1948; reelected in 1954, 1960 and 1966 and served from December 31,
1948, to January 3, 1973; was not a candidate for reelection in
1972; died in Washington, D.C., August 16, 1974; interment in
Graceland Cemetery, Madison, S.Dak.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Lange, Gerald. “Mundt vs. McGovern: The 1960
Senate Election.” Heritage of the Great Plains 15
(Fall 1982): 33-41; Heidepriem, Scott N. A Fair Chance for a
Free People: Biography of Karl E. Mundt, United States Senator.
Madison, SD: Leader Printing Co., 1988.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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