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Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (1909-1957) was an American right-wing Republican politician, whose unsubstantiated claim in 1950 that the State Department had been infiltrated by Communists started a wave of anticommunist hysteria, wild accusations, and blacklists, which continued until he was discredited in 1954.

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A lawyer, McCarthy became senator for his native Wisconsin in 1946, and in February 1950 caused a sensation by claiming to hold a list of about 200 Communist Part read more...

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