McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

Senator Joseph McCarthy is on the right. Other man is unidentified.

Senator Joseph McCarthy speaking at a table microphone, intense looking and gesturing with a pencil in his hand. From: Found mounted on wall of audiovisual room.

Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (right, seated in third row from floor) sits with his hand to his mouth as he hears President Harry S. Truman (at rostrum, extreme left) denounce the Taft-Hartley Act and ask congress to quickly give him power to seize and operate the struck steel industry. Seated in the same row as Senator Taft are from left: Joseph McCarthy (Wisconsin), Richard Nixon (California) and Andrew Schoeppel (Kansas). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society