1908, |
Nov. 14 |
McCarthy born in Little Chute,
Wisconsin. |
1935 |
|
McCarthy graduates from Marquette University Law
School. |
1939 |
|
McCarthy elected circuit judge in Appleton,
WI. |
1942-1945 |
|
McCarthy enlists in U.S. Marine Corps, serving in the
United States and the Pacific theater of operations. |
1944 |
|
McCarthy runs unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate while
serving in Marines. |
1946, |
Nov. 5 |
McCarthy elected to U.S. Senate. |
1950, |
Feb. 9 |
McCarthy delivers speech in Wheeling, West Virginia
attacking Communists in the State Department. Marks the beginning of his anti-communist
crusade. |
1950, |
March 8 |
U.S. Senate establishes Foreign Relations Subcomittee
chaired by Senators Tydings and MacMahon. The Tydings-MacMahon Committee begins investigating
McCarthy's accusations against the State Department. |
1950, |
June 25 |
North Korea invades South Korea. |
1950, |
Dec. |
U.S. Senate establishes Internal Security Subcommittee chaired
by Sen. Pat McCarran. The McCarran Committee works with McCarthy to expose alleged
Communists. |
1951, |
June 14 |
McCarthy criticizes Gen. George C. Marshall in Senate
speech. |
1952, |
Nov. 4 |
McCarthy re-elected to U.S. Senate. Republican Dwight D.
Eisenhower elected President of the United States. |
1953, |
Jan. 20 |
McCarthy becomes chairman of Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations. |
1953, |
Aug. 31 |
McCarthy begins investigating Communists in the U.S.
Army. |
1954, |
March 9 |
Edward R. Murrow criticizes McCarthy in his television
program,See It Now. |
1954, |
Apr 22 - Jun 17 |
Televised Army-McCarthy Hearings. |
1954, |
Nov. |
Mid-term elections. Republicans become minority party
in Senate. McCarthy loses chairmanship of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. |
1954, |
Dec. 2 |
U.S. Senate votes to condemn McCarthy. |
1957, |
May 2 |
McCarthy dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He is buried
in Appleton, Wisconsin on May 6th. |
