Joseph Raymond McCarthy Official Bio

Joseph Raymond McCarthy

Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as 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 in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion. Wikipedia*

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Joseph Raymond McCarthy has two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1952 Broadcast. Most common tag: Communism.

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U.S. Senator, R-WI January 3, 1947 - May 2, 1957 Videos: 2

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