Joseph McCarthy

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United States senator human lawyer politician

Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin best known for leading aggressive anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s that fueled a climate of political fear and repression.

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McCarthy 2
Joseph Allan McCarthy 1
Joseph Raymond McCarthy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
burialPlace St. Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications related to alcoholism ⓘ
hepatitis ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constituency Wisconsin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-11-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-05-02 ⓘ
describedByTerm controversial figure in U.S. politics ⓘ
demagogue ⓘ
educatedAt Marquette University ⓘ
Marquette University ⓘ
surface form: Marquette University Law School
endTime 1957-05-02 ⓘ
familyName Joseph McCarthy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: McCarthy
givenName Joseph ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
middleName Raymond ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Joseph McCarthy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Raymond McCarthy
nickname Tail-Gunner Joe ⓘ
notableEvent McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form: Army–McCarthy hearings
notableFor McCarthyism ⓘ
leading anti-communist investigations in the early 1950s ⓘ
numberOfChildren 1 ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Chute, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
positionHeld United States senator ⓘ
practicedLawIn Wisconsin ⓘ
precededBy Robert M. La Follette ⓘ
surface form: Robert M. La Follette Jr.
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented Wisconsin ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jean Kerr McCarthy ⓘ
startTime 1947-01-03 ⓘ
succeededBy William Proxmire ⓘ
timePeriod McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form: Red Scare
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Good Night, and Good Luck → character → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
John McCarthy → familyName → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
this entity surface form: McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy → familyName → Joseph McCarthy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: McCarthy
McCarthyism → hasMainProponent → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
Marquette University → hasNotableAlumni → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
Good Night, and Good Luck → mainSubject → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
Joseph McCarthy → name → Joseph McCarthy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Raymond McCarthy
McCarthyism → namedAfter → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
Veronica Lake → spouse → Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Allan McCarthy