Senator Joseph McCarthy Autographed Card PSA Slabbed dec 1957 Wisconsin Politics
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Senator Joseph McCarthy Autographed Card PSA Slabbed dec 1957 Wisconsin Politics:
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Joseph Raymond McCarthy(November 14, 1908– May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served asU.S. Senatorfrom the state ofWisconsinfrom 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in whichCold Wartensions fueled fears of widespreadCommunistsubversion.[1]He is known for alleging that numerous Communists andSovietspies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. Ultimately, thesmear tacticshe used led him to becensuredby the U.S. Senate. The term \"McCarthyism\", coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy\'s practices, was soon applied to similaranti-communistactivities. Today, the term is used in reference to what are considereddemagogic, reckless, and unsubstantiated accusations, as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents.[2]
Born inGrand Chute, Wisconsin, McCarthy commissioned in to theMarine Corpsin 1942, where he served as anintelligencebriefing officer for adive bombersquadron. Following the end ofWorld War II, he attained the rank ofmajor. He volunteered to fly twelve combat missions as a gunner-observer, acquiring the nickname \"Tail-Gunner Joe\". Some of his claims of heroism were later shown to be exaggerated or falsified, leading many of his critics to use \"Tail-Gunner Joe\" as a term of mockery.
McCarthy successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1946, defeatingRobert M. La Follette Jr.After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950 when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of \"members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring\" who were employed in theState Department.[3]In succeeding years after his 1950 speech, McCarthy made additional accusations of Communist infiltration into the State Department, the administration of PresidentHarry S. Truman, theVoice of America, and theU.S. Army. He also used various charges of communism, communist sympathies, disloyalty, orsex crimesto attack a number of politicians and other individuals inside and outside of government.[4]This included a concurrent \"Lavender Scare\" against suspected homosexuals (as homosexuality was prohibited by law at the time, it was also perceived to increase a person\'s risk forblackmail).
With the highly publicizedArmy–McCarthy hearingsof 1954, and following the suicide of Wyoming SenatorLester C. Huntthat same year,[5]McCarthy\'s support and popularity faded. On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted tocensureSenator McCarthy by a vote of 67–22, making him one of the few senators ever to be disciplined in this fashion. McCarthy died atBethesda Naval HospitalinBethesda, Marylandon May 2, 1957, at the age of 48. His death certificate listed the cause of death as \"Hepatitis, acute, cause unknown\".[6]Doctors had not previously reported him to be in critical condition.[7]Some biographers say this was caused or exacerbated style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">