Karl Earl Mundt (June 3, 1900 - August 16, 1974) was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives from 1938 to 1948 and in the United States Senate from 1948 to 1973. Image File history File links KarlEarlMundt. ... Image File history File links KarlEarlMundt. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Dick Cheney, R, since January 20, 2001 Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R, since January 6, 1999 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups (as of January 4, 2005 elections) Democratic Party Republican Party... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  Ranked 17th  - Total 77,163 sq mi (199,905 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 380 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ...

Born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Mundt attended public schools in Humboldt, Pierre, and Madison, South Dakota, graduating from Madison High School in 1919. In high school, he excelled in oratory and debate, which became lifetime passions. After receiving a BA degree from Carleton College in 1923 with a major in economics, he became teacher and principal at Bryant High School in Bryant, South Dakota. As a first-year teacher he taught speech, psychology, sociology, and government, coached the debate, oratory, and extemporaneous speech teams, and began a school newspaper. After his first year, he was promoted to superintendent of Bryant schools, a position he held until 1927. As superintendent, he continued to coach debate and oratory. Humboldt is a town located in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. ... Location in South Dakota Coordinates: County Hughes County Founded 1880 Mayor Dennis Eisnach Area    - City 33. ... Madison is a city located in Lake County, South Dakota. ... Oratory is the art of eloquent speech. ... Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton College Carleton College is an independent, non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The school was founded on November 14, 1866, by the Minnesota Conference of Congregational Churches as Northfield College. ... Bryant is a city located in Hamlin County, South Dakota. ...

In 1924, Mundt married Mary Elizabeth Moses, a college classmate who also taught at Bryant High School. In 1927, both Karl and Mary Mundt received MA degrees from Columbia University following four years of summer study there. Beginning in 1928, they both taught at Eastern State Normal School (now Dakota State University), continuing there until 1936. Karl headed the speech department and taught psychology and economics, while Mary taught drama and French. Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Dakota State University Trojan Center Dakota State University is a public, four-year university in South Dakota, located in Madison, South Dakota. ...

In 1936, Mundt was the Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in South Dakota's First District, losing to Fred H. Hildebrandt. He won the seat in the 1938 election and was re-elected four times. In 1948, he was elected to the Senate seat previously held by Harlan J. Bushfield. He resigned his House seat on December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Vera C. Bushfield, who had succeeded her husband after his death in September 1948. Subsequently, he was reelected to the Senate in 1954, 1960 and 1966. Fred Herman Hildebrandt (August 2, 1874-January 26, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. ... Harlan J. Bushfield (b. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Vera Cahalan Bushfield (August 9, 1889–April 16, 1976) was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota. ...

On 23 November 1969 he suffered a severe stroke and was subsequently unable to attend sessions of Congress, although he received extensive speech and physical therapy. His wife, Mary, led his staff in Mundt's place and refused calls for the crippled Senator to resign. Mundt was stripped of his committee assignments by the Senate Republican Conference in 1972, but he remained in office through the end of his term on January 3, 1973.^[1][2] He did not seek reelection in 1972. He was succeeded in the Senate by James Abourezk. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ... This article concerns the health profession. ... James Abourezk was the first Arab-American to serve in the U.S. Senate. ...

In the House of Representatives, Mundt sponsored and supported proposals for "Buy American" legislation, was a member of the Foreign Affairs committee from 1941 to 1948, and played a key role in encouraging the United States to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1945. He was a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1943 to 1948. HUAC's activities during this period included the Alger Hiss hearings, in which Mundt was a key participant. HUAC also initiated its investigations of the motion picture industry, resulting in the Hollywood blacklist. However, Mundt was unsuccessful in attempts to have HUAC continue investigating the Ku Klux Klan. In 1948, Mundt joined with Richard Nixon to introduce a bill to require registration of Communists in the United States and to bar Communists from holding public office; a modified version of the bill was passed in 1950 as the McCarran Act. UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... HUAC hearings House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA) (1938–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 - November 15, 1996) was a U.S. State Department official involved in the establishment of the United Nations. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Protestors opposing the jailing of the Hollywood Ten in 1950 (from the 1987 documentary Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist). ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... The Internal Security Act or McCarran Act of 1950 required communist and communist front organizations to register with the Attorney General. ...

As a Senator, Mundt served on the Senate's Appropriations Committee, Foreign Relations Committee, Government Operations Committee, and Permanent Investigations Subcommittee, and he represented the Senate on the Intergovernmental Relations Advisory Commission. In 1954, he chaired the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations for the Army-McCarthy Hearings. His accomplishments as a Senator included obtaining support for Missouri River projects, establishment of the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, agriculture programs, and Interstate highway construction in South Dakota. U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ... U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ... The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has jurisdiction over matters related to the Department of Homeland Security and other homeland security concerns, as well as the functioning of the government itself, including the National Archives, budget and accounting measures other than appropriations, the Census, the... The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is currently chaired by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), with Carl Levin (D-MI) as a ranking member. ... Early in 1954, the U.S. Army accused Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin), and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, of pressuring the Army to give favorable treatment to former McCarthy aide and friend of Cohns, G. David Schine. ... The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ... The Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) is a United States Geological Survey data management, systems development, and research field center. ... Sioux Falls (pronounced sue falls) is the largest city in the state of South Dakota. ... Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  Ranked 17th  - Total 77,163 sq mi (199,905 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 380 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

In 1925, Karl Mundt was a founder of the National Forensics League, a high school honor society promoting speech and debate activities. He served as the organization's national president from 1932 until 1971.^[3] The Karl E. Mundt Foundation, established in Mundt's honor in 1963, awards prizes for essays and oratorical contests, sponsors seminars and public lectures, and helps support the Karl E. Mundt Debate Tournament and Karl E. Mundt Dakota Invitational Oral Interpretation Contest in South Dakota. The National Forensic League is one of two U.S. national organizations which direct high school or prep competitive speech events. ... In the USA, an honor society (or honour society) is an organization of rank, the induction into which recognizes excellence among ones peers. ... Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ...

Karl Mundt died in Washington, D.C., in 1974 of a heart ailment and is buried in Madison, South Dakota. His personal papers are archived at Dakota State University in Madison, where the campus library was named in his honor in 1969.^[4] The Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota was named in his honor when it was established in 1974. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... Madison is a city located in Lake County, South Dakota. ... Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of South Dakota and includes 1,085 acres (4. ...

Mundt's career has recently been reexamined by political pundits after South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson suffered a bleeding brain aneurysm in December 2006. Mundt's extended absence from office may provide a critical precedent if Senator Johnson also requires a prolonged convalescence. This article is about the U.S. Senator from South Dakota. ... An aneurysm (or aneurism) is a bulge in a blood vessel that bursts usually near the brain. ...

References

1. ^ "S.D. recalls last empty Senate seat", Yahoo News (AP) 15 December 2006. (Link dead as of 15 January 2007)
2. ^ "S.D. governor would name person to fill Johnson vacancy", USA Today 14 December 2006.
3. ^ Jacob, Bruno E., "The NFL Year-by-Year", National Forensics League
4. ^ Dakota State University, "Richard Nixon and the Dedication of the Mundt Library: An unusual event in a time of campus unrest"

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External links

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Karl E. Mundt Archives Biography and information about the Senator's papers and memorabilia archived at Dakota State University (Primary source for information in this article)

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