Joseph McCarthy born on November 14, 1908 near Appleton, Wisconsin. At the age of fourteen, Joseph McCarthy dropped out of grade school, but returned in 1928 to finish his studies. McCarthy was accepted to Marquette University where he then received his law diploma. Many unsuccessful law practices led McCarthy to continue gambling for extra money. McCarthy traded his Democrat status in, after a failed attempt to become a candidate for the district attorney. During World War II, McCarthy enlisted in the United States Marines, which is said to have happened to help his political career. In 1946, McCarthy ran as a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin Senate seat, using propaganda against his opponent, Robert La Follette. McCarthy won the race and his first term proved unsuccessful. To help his re-election, McCarthy used the nation’s fear of communism. On February 9, 1950, he claimed that he had a list of 205 people in State Department who had activity in the American Communist party. Due to this accusation, many people lost their jobs. After it was later found that these accusations were lies, McCarthy has gone down in history as one of the “most unqualified and most corrupt politicians of his time.”
Joseph McCarthy at one of the Tydings Committee hearings.
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