Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin who served in Congress from 1947 until his death in 1957.
He used his position as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to launch investigations designed to document charges of Communists in government and was censured by the Senate on December 2, 1954, for behavior that was "contrary to senatorial traditions."
See Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin who served in Congress from 1947 until his death in 1957.
He used his position as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to launch investigations designed to document charges of Communists in government and was censured by the Senate on December 2, 1954, for behavior that was "contrary to senatorial traditions."
See Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
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The US senator's name was Joseph McCarthy. The Red Scare is also known as McCarthyism.
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Joseph Mcarthy
The US senator's name was Joseph McCarthy. The Red Scare is also known as McCarthyism.
No one US Senator was responsible. Joseph McCarthy is the Senator popularly linked to the Red Scare because he was the one most often publicized.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy was the leader of the anti Communist crusade of the 1950s in the US.
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