Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at …

2024年12月19日 · Joseph McCarthy, U.S. senator who lent his name to McCarthyism. He dominated the U.S. political climate in the early 1950s through his sensational but unproven …

2009年10月29日 · Joseph R. McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, is best known for his high‑profile attempts to expose communists in the U.S. government during the 1950s.

2014年4月2日 · Read about when Senator Joseph McCarthy publicly charged that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department, on Biography.com.

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 …

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 …

2019年10月23日 · Senator Joseph McCarthy led a reckless crusade against suspected communists in America which created a national panic in the early 1950s.

He was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period of intense anti …

McCarthy was a master of drumming up emotions and making powerful implications. From the winter of 1950 to the summer of 1954, he made outrageous charges and prompted numerous …

A grandson of an Irish immigrant, McCarthy became probably one of the most notorious Senators of his time. His base was Wisconsin where he received his law degree, became a Judge, and …