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MCCARTHY (1)
MCCARTHY (1)
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Joseph Raymond
McCarthy
(1909 - 57),
American
politician
. He represented Wisconsin in the US
Senate
from 1947 until his
death
in 1957. While he was a
Senator
, he led an
effort
to
identify
communists
who, he said, had
infiltrated
the
federal
government
by the hundreds, although he never supplied any of their names. He first attracted national
attention
, in February 50, when he
charged
that 57 employees of the
Department
of
State
were
communists
. The accusation was never
substantiated
. During the next three years h e repeatedly accused various high-
ranking
officials in the
State Department
of
subversive
activities.
—9th
ACC
Volume 2 Approved Glossary