Joseph McCarthy
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| Born | Joseph Raymond McCarthy 1908-11-14 Grand Chute, Wisconsin |
| Died | 1957-05-02 Bethesda, Maryland |
Cause of death | alcoholism "hepatitis" |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, Marquette University Law School |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Parents | Timothy McCarthy, Bridget Tierney |
| Children | Tierney Elizabeth McCarthy |
| Spouse | Jean Fraser Kerr Minetti |
| Party | Republican |
US Senator who became prominenent by alleging that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. | |
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician.
McCarthyism
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After the "anti-communist" inquiries which he lead, his name has become a byword for mean-spirited, superficial persecution.[1]
Death
McCarthy died in Bethesda Naval Hospital on May 2, 1957, at the age of 48. His death certificate listed the cause of death as "Hepatitis, acute, cause unknown"; doctors had not previously reported him to be in critical condition. It was hinted in the press that he died of alcoholism, which is now widely suspected.
McCarthy had a state funeral attended by 70 senators. Pontifical Mass was said before more than 100 priests and 2,000 others at Washington's St. Matthew's Cathedral.
