Index to Locations AppletonRiverside CemeteryAppletonSt. Mary's Cemetery RiversideCemetery Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George John Schneider (1877-1939) — also known asGeorge J. Schneider — of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Grand Chute,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,October30, 1877.Republican.Papermaker;secondvice-president, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-33, 1935-39 (9th District1923-33, 8th District 1935-39); alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1924.Died while attending alabormeeting in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,March12, 1939 (age61 years, 133days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Lyman Eddy Barnes (1855-1904) — also known asLyman E. Barnes — of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Weyauwega,WaupacaCounty, Wis.,June 30,1855.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1893-95.Died, fromappendicitis,in Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,January16, 1904 (age48 years, 200days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
St. Mary'sCemetery 317 East College Street Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Joseph Raymond McCarthy (1908-1957) — also known asJoseph R. McCarthy;Joe McCarthy;"Tail-Gunner Joe" —of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Grand Chute,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,November14, 1908.Republican.Lawyer;circuit judge in Wisconsin 10th Circuit, 1940-46; served in the U.S.Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57; died in office 1957; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Wisconsin,1948;speaker,1952.Catholic.Claimed in a 1950 speech that he had a list of 205 Communistsemployed in the U.S. State Department; went on to conduct hearingsand investigations into alleged subersive activities and Communistinfluence on society; with his sensationalist tactics and disregardfor fairness and due process, he dominated the American politicalscene for a period of time, now called the McCarthy Era; publicopinion turned against him when he tried to investigate the Army; inDecember 1953, the Senate voted 67-22 tocensurehim for "contemptuousconduct" andabuseof select committee privilege.Died of aliverailment atBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 2,1957 (age48 years, 169days).Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Timothy McCarthy and Bridget (Tierney) McCarthy; married,September29, 1953, to Jean Fraser Kerr. | | |  | Cross-reference:L.Brent Bozell —NormanArmour —JosephC. Grew —RobertWoods Bliss —WilliamPhillips —AlbertCohn —CorlissLamont —MerwinK. Hart —CharlesW. Thayer —JohnS. Service | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Books about Joseph R. McCarthy: RichardH. Rovere,SenatorJoe McCarthy — Arthur Herman,JosephMcCarthy : Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most HatedSenator — Ellen Schrecker,TheAge of McCarthyism — Thomas C. Reeves,TheLife and Times of Joe McCarthy : A Biography — MikeResnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | |  | Fiction about Joseph R. McCarthy:William F. Buckley, Jr.,TheRedhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator JoeMcCarthy | | |  | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1954 |
| | Stephen David Balliet (1885-1972) — also known asStephen D. Balliet — of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Dale,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,November30, 1885.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWisconsin,1928;postmaster atAppleton,Wis., 1936-55.Died in Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,August15, 1972 (age86 years, 259days).Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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