Joseph McCarthy ... 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 …

Nov 10, 2025 · 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 charges of …

Feb 6, 2025 · 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 …

Oct 29, 2009 · Joseph R. McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, is best known for his high-profile attempts to expose communists i...

Wisconsin Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy rocketed to public attention in 1950 with his allegations that hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department and other …

Little in the early career of Joseph McCarthy marked him as exceptional, but beginning in 1950, his political activities spawned an entirely new word that has become a permanent part of the …

Previous to Joseph's current city of Atlanta, GA, Joseph McCarthy lived in Washington DC. Sometimes Joseph goes by various nicknames including Joe Mccarthy, Joe E Mccarthy, …

Nov 14, 2025 · Marquette.edu Raynor Library Archives Senator Joseph McCarthy Timeline ... Click here for more details on the career of Senator Joe McCarthy.

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 …

Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, became a national figure in a highly publicized pursuit of a Communist "conspiracy." Because of him, the term McCarthyism became a …