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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of ...
Incumbent Senator Joseph McCarthy was elected to a second term in office over Democrat Thomas E. Fairchild. McCarthy did not complete his term; he died on May 2, 1957, and was succeeded by William Proxmire in a special election. As of 2024, this is the last time that a Republican has won the Class 1 Senate seat in Wisconsin.
The Republican primary was won by Walter J. Kohler Jr., who called for a clean break from McCarthy's approach; he defeated former Congressman Glenn Robert Davis, who charged that Eisenhower was soft on Communism. [7] The Democratic candidate, William Proxmire, [8] called the late McCarthy "a disgrace to Wisconsin, to the Senate, and to America ...
The 1957 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin took place on August 27, 1957, to elect a U.S. Senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who died on May 2, 1957. Wisconsin law did not allow for the appointment of an interim Senator until the special election could be held.
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Its current U.S. senators are Republican Ron Johnson (since 2011) and Democrat Tammy Baldwin (since 2013), making it one of four states to have a split United States Senate delegation. William Proxmire was the state's longest serving senator (served 1957–1989).
Articles relating to Joseph McCarthy, United States Senator from Wisconsin (1908–1957, term 1947–1957). ... 1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin;
The 1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. (who had until 1946 been a member of the Progressive Party) narrowly lost the primary election to Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy would go on to win the general election against Rep. Howard McMurray of Milwaukee ...
Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. was born on April 4, 1904, on his family's lavish estate in Kohler, Wisconsin. [1] His grandfather, John Michael Kohler had founded the Kohler Company in the late 19th century, and his father, Walter J. Kohler Sr. (1875–1940) was active in his family's plumbing supply business and served one term as the State's governor (1929–31).