"The Army-McCarthy Hearings"
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By: Joseph R. McCarthy, Joseph N. Welch
Date: 1954
Source: "The Army-McCarthy Hearings." 1954. Available online at http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6444/; website home page: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ (accessed June 25, 2003).
About the Authors: Joseph R. McCarthy (1908–1957) was a little-known senator from Wisconsin in 1950, when he won instant notoriety alleging a large network of communists within the U.S. government. Starting in 1953 he used his political position to go after a wide array of alleged communists. Facing growing opposition until the Army-McCarthy hearings, he finally lost credibility and was censured by Congress. He died a few years later of complications from alcoholism.
Joseph N. Welch (1890–1960) was a successful trial lawyer at Hale &...
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