Karen McCarthy

A Representative from Missouri. Born in Haverhill, Essex County, Mass. , March 18, 1947. Graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee Mission, Kans. , 1965. B. A. , University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. , 1969. M. A. , University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. , 1976. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1982. M. B. A. , University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. , 1986. Teacher. Member of the Missouri state house of representatives, 1977-1995. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995- January 3, 2005). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004. Died on October 5, 2010, in Overland Park, Kans.