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Joseph McCarthy - Wikipedia Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U S senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957
McCarthyism | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica McCarthyism, name given to the period of time in American history that saw U S Sen Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin produce a series of investigations and hearings during the 1950s in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U S government
The Rise and Fall of Senator Joseph McCarthy Nicknamed “Tail-Gunner Joe,” Joseph McCarthy was elected as the United States Senator for Wisconsin in 1946 By 1950, McCarthy had become one of the most infamous senators in American history, his name synonymous with the anti-communist political witch hunts which characterized the Red Scare
Joseph R. McCarthy: A Featured Biography - U. S. Senate Elected to the Senate in 1946, Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957) did not draw major national attention until 1950 On February 9th of that year, he delivered a Lincoln Day address in Wheeling, West Virginia, blaming failures in American foreign policy on Communist infiltration of the U S government
The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now Its Happening Again With that speech, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy seized the nation’s attention and would hold it for four years Yet his words probably would have faded into obscurity if reporters hadn’t
Joseph McCarthy - Senator, Cold War Death | HISTORY For many Americans, the most enduring symbol of this “Red Scare” was Republican Senator Joseph R McCarthy of Wisconsin Senator McCarthy spent almost five years trying in vain to expose
McCarthyism The Red Scare - Eisenhower Presidential Library As chairman of the Senate Permanent Investigation Subcommittee, Senator McCarthy conducted hearings on communist subversion in America and investigated alleged communist infiltration of the Armed Forces
How McCarthyism Worked - HowStuffWorks McCarthyism is a political ploy that wields accusations and shame without significant evidence Learn about Joseph McCarthy and his Cold War tactics