PATRICK ANTHONY MCCARRAN


Patrick Anthony McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran
  • Born: August 8, 1876
  • Died: September 28, 1954
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  • Profession: Divini Redemptoris

Patrick Anthony McCarran was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran's career in the Senate was marked by his ardent anti-communism and antisemitism, support for the aviation industry, and conflict with the Franklin Roosevelt administration over the New Deal and cooperation with the Soviet Union in World War II.