Quick Facts

• NAME: Joseph McCarthy
• OCCUPATION: U.S. Representative
• BIRTH DATE: November 14, 1908
• DEATH DATE: May 02, 1957
• EDUCATION: Marquette University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Appleton, Wisconsin
• PLACE OF DEATH: Bethesda, Maryland
• Full Name: Joseph Raymond McCarthy

Best Known For

Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. He became chair of the Senate's subcommittee on investigations.