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McCarthy elected
Joseph McCarthy takes office as a Republican senator from Wisconson. In a primary election, McCarthy had defeated Sen. Robert La Follette Jr., son of one of the icons of American liberalism. Branding himself as “Tail Gunner Joe,” McCarthy had run a vicious, negative campaign against his opponent with accusations that La Follette was a war profiteer. -
McCarthy's speech in Wheeling, West Virginia
McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise in national profile on when he gave a Lincoln Day speech to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling. -
Eisenhower wins by a landslide
Eisenhower wins the election against Adlai Stevenson, serving until 1961. -
MCCARTHY REELECTED?!
After his Wheeling speech, and the public's approval, McCarthy gets reelcted. While suprising today, the 1952 America was in love with McCarthy, and wanted to exterminate any sign of Communists. -
See it Now
Edward Murrow publishes see it now, a documentary about the lies that McCarthy had told. -
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Army-McCarthy Hearings
The set of hearings that made McCarthy so infamous. In these hearings is where most of his accusations were made. -
McCarthy censured
The Senate votes 67 to 22 in favor of condemning – but not censuring – McCarthy for false accusations and his crass demeanor throughout the Army-McCarthy hearings. -
McCarthy Dies
Joseph McCarthy dies of alcoholism.
