Joseph N. Welch

Acting22nd October 1890(died at 69)Primghar, Iowa, USA10 titles

Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 – October 6, 1960) was an American lawyer who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he asked McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?", is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.

Born

22nd October 1890 · Primghar, Iowa, USA

Died

6th October 1960

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