Joseph McCarthy and his wife, Jean, who was using crutches, entered the gaudy Senate caucus room for the opening of the Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy made his way through the crowd-packed room ...

In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy declared to Congress that Far ... He was eventually exonerated but those hearings took a lasting economic and personal toll on the scholar. Here's how they worked.

In February 1950, McCarthy gave a Lincoln Day address in Wheeling, West Virginia. He claimed that over 200 communists held jobs at the State Department.

Senator Joseph McCarthy (right) and Senator Karl Mundt (left) being interviewed by the media after initial discussions in the 36 days of the Army-McCarthy hearings in the Senate McCarthy’s most ...

The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The Army accused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of ...

Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) and the House Unamerican Activities Committee during the 1950s and went on to represent a young Donald Trump during the 1970s, died of AIDS-related complications on ...