Rock the Vote: Joe McCarthy

For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.

McCarthyism: The Fight for America, by Senator Joe McCarthy

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Joe McCarthy was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1947-57. The term McCarthyism grew out of his aggressive hunt for Communists in the government and armed forces through a series of Senate hearings and public statements and accusations.