Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion.
Background
- Born in
- Grand Chute
- Educated at
- primary schoolsecondary schoolMarquette UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonMarquette University Law School
- Awards
- 🏆 Air Medal🏆 Distinguished Flying Cross
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1908
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Birth1957
Died
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