   joseph raymond "joe" mccarthy (november 14, 1908may 2, 1957) was an american politician who served as a republican u.s. senator from the state of wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. beginning in 1950, mccarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which cold war tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion. for a history of this period, see, for example: ;  {{cite book | last = schrecker | first = ellen | authorlink = ellen schrecker | year = 1998 | title = many are the crimes: mccarthyism in america | plac
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