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What did Joseph McCarthy do to become so infamous?

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After three largely undistinguished years in the Senate, McCarthy rose suddenly to national fame in February 1950, when he asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department.

Parents: Bridget Tierney, Timothy McCarthy

Born: November 14, 1908, Grand Chute, Wisc...

Children: Tierney Elizabeth McCarthy

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