Joseph McCarthy: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy - Senator McCarthy’s Oversight Abuses​. Nov 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Alpha History - Joseph McCarthy. Aug 27, 2026
Add new Web site: U-S-History.com - Joseph McCarthy. Jun 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 28, 2026
Add new Web site: None. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Joseph McCarthy. Dec 31, 2025
Anniversary information added. Nov 10, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Watch McCarthy. Oct 09, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Joe McCarthy and the politics of fear. Aug 30, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Morris Digital Well - The Senate and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (PDF). Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Fact from Fiction: Joseph McCarthy the Tail Gunner. Jun 20, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital History - McCarthy and McCarthyism (PDF). Nov 07, 2023
Links added. May 10, 2023
Added cross-reference. Apr 19, 2023
Add new Web site: George Washington University - Joseph R. McCarthy. Sep 06, 2022
Media added. Dec 17, 2020
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Mother Teresa. May 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Historical Society - Joseph R. McCarthy Career Timeline. May 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of Joseph R. McCarthy. Mar 06, 2017
Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - See It Now. Aug 23, 2016
Add new Web site: UC Berkeley, Moffitt Library - Edward R. Murrow: A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Aug 23, 2016
Add new Web site: UC Berkeley, Moffitt Library - Edward R. Murrow: A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Aug 23, 2016
Add new Web site: Museum of Broadcast Communications - See It Now. Aug 23, 2016
Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Joseph McCarthy. Nov 28, 2014
Add new Web site: Royal Air Force Museum - National Cold War Exhibition - Biography of Joseph McCarthy. Nov 28, 2014
Changed title from "Joseph R. McCarthy" to "Joseph McCarthy." Apr 10, 2014
Add new Web site: The Cold War Museum - Biography of Joseph R. McCarthy. Apr 02, 2014
Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Joseph Raymond McCarthy. Aug 01, 2013
Added image of Joseph R. McCarthy. Jan 27, 2011
Changed "Government Committee on Operations" to "Committee on Government Operations." Dec 03, 2009
Added mention of Joseph Nye Welch and his question, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" Feb 10, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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