Editing Eugene McCarthy (section)

==U.S. House of Representatives==
McCarthy became a member of the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]]. In 1948 he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] with labor and Catholic support,<ref name="lubell1956">{{cite book|title=The Future of American Politics|publisher=Anchor Press|author=Lubell, Samuel|year=1956|page=223|edition=2nd|ol = 6193934M}}</ref> representing [[Minnesota's 4th congressional district]] until 1959. He became the leader of young liberals, predominately from the Midwest, called "McCarthy's Marauders".<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1505258/Senator-Eugene-McCarthy.html Senator Eugene McCarthy obituary], telegraph.co.uk, December 12, 2005.</ref>

In 1952 he engaged Wisconsin Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] (no relation) in a nationally televised debate in which he parodied the Senator's arguments to "prove" that General [[Douglas MacArthur]] had been a communist pawn.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> In 1958 he was elected to the U.S. Senate.