In February 1950, McCarthy gave a Lincoln Day address in Wheeling, West Virginia. He claimed that over 200 communists held jobs at the State Department.

Joseph McCarthy ... condemnation of McCarthy. It was a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. McCarthy's influence did not abate after Ike had entered the White House.

He didn't win the White House. He didn't even win his own ... A native of Watkins, Minnesota, Eugene Joseph McCarthy graduated from St. John's University in 1935. After teaching high school ...