![Senator Joseph McCarthy with wife Jean McCarthy in Cincinnati, Ohio April 28, 1955. (AP Photo Stock Photo - Alamy Senator Joseph McCarthy with wife Jean McCarthy in Cincinnati, Ohio April 28, 1955. (AP Photo Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NCH351/senator-joseph-mccarthy-with-wife-jean-mccarthy-in-cincinnati-ohio-april-28-1955-ap-photo-2NCH351.jpg)
Senator Joseph McCarthy with wife Jean McCarthy in Cincinnati, Ohio April 28, 1955. (AP Photo Stock Photo - Alamy
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Joseph McCarthy, the controversial anti-communist U.S. senator, dies at 48 in 1957 – New York Daily News
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Michael Shannon and Emilia Clarke to Star in Biopic MCCARTHY as Politicians Joseph McCarthy and Wife Jean Kerr — GeekTyrant
![Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis), strolls on the Capitol grounds in Washington Sept. 22, 1953 with Miss Jean Kerr, his former aide who will become his bride September 29 at St. Matthews Cathedral Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis), strolls on the Capitol grounds in Washington Sept. 22, 1953 with Miss Jean Kerr, his former aide who will become his bride September 29 at St. Matthews Cathedral](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NCH322/senator-joseph-mccarthy-r-wis-strolls-on-the-capitol-grounds-in-washington-sept-22-1953-with-miss-jean-kerr-his-former-aide-who-will-become-his-bride-september-29-at-st-matthews-cathedral-in-washington-ap-photohenry-griffin-2NCH322.jpg)
Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis), strolls on the Capitol grounds in Washington Sept. 22, 1953 with Miss Jean Kerr, his former aide who will become his bride September 29 at St. Matthews Cathedral
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