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After the "[[anti-communist]]" inquiries which he lead, his name has become a byword for mean-spirited, superficial persecution.<ref>http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/01/14/boston-globe-freaks-over-jebs-accidental-deep-politics/</ref>
 
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Revision as of 06:46, 29 January 2016

Person.png Joseph McCarthy  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Lawyer, Judge, Politician)
BornJoseph Raymond McCarthy
1908-11-14
Grand Chute, Wisconsin
Died1957-05-02 (Age 48)
Bethesda, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, Marquette University Law School
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Parents • Timothy McCarthy
• Bridget Tierney
ChildrenTierney Elizabeth McCarthy
SpouseJean Fraser Kerr Minetti
PartyRepublican

Employment.png United States Senator from Wisconsin

In office
January 3, 1947 - May 2, 1957

McCarthyism

After the "anti-communist" inquiries which he lead, his name has become a byword for mean-spirited, superficial persecution.[1]

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