Joseph B. McCarthy

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Marquette_University
gptkbp:associatedWith HUAC
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Legion_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkbp:born November 14, 1908
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Cemetery_of_the_Holy_Cross,_Milwaukee
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Senate_Permanent_Subcommittee_on_Investigations
gptkbp:controversy Red Scare
gptkbp:criticism gptkb:Edward_R._Murrow
Excessive anti-communism
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence on media and politics
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:The_McCarthy_Era
gptkb:Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck
gptkbp:died May 2, 1957
gptkbp:famousQuote "I have here in my hand..."
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Joseph_Raymond_McCarthy
gptkbp:historicalContext Cold War era
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Legacy of McCarthyism
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Symbol of anti-communist hysteria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph B. McCarthy
gptkbp:impact Civil liberties debates
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Nixon
Anti-communist laws
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Senator_Arthur_Vandenberg
gptkbp:influenceOn Modern political discourse
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Second_Red_Scare
gptkbp:is_a_member_of Conservative_Republicans
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_American_politics
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Marine_Corps
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:nickname Tail-Gunner Joe
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Army-McCarthy_hearings
gptkbp:notableWork Speech_at_Wheeling,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Grand_Chute,_Wisconsin
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland
liver cancer
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Conservatism
gptkbp:position U.S._Senator
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_M._La_Follette_Jr.
gptkbp:publicAccess Polarizing figure
gptkbp:publications McCarthyism:_The_Fight_Against_America’s_Enemies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jean_Kerr_McCarthy
gptkbp:state gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_Proxmire
gptkbp:termEnd June 2, 1957
gptkbp:termStart January 3, 1947