Joseph McCarthy

Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957) was an American politician originally aligned with the United States Democratic Party and later with the United States Republican Party. McCarthy served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1957. During his ten years in the Senate, McCarthy and his staff became notorious for aggressive investigations of people in the U.S. government and others who were suspected of being Communists or Communist sympathizers.

References

• US Government declassified sealed documents of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations - used in article
• NPR Talk Of The Nation - used in article
• Truman Draft reply to McCarthy, Truman Library
• Radio Conference with Truman, Truman Library
• InfoUSA, Basic Readings in US Democracy, Censure of Joeseph McCarthy
• University of Virginia's American Presidency site on Eisenhower