William Proxmire, a senator from this state, was sued for libel after he declared that animal researcher Ronald Hutchinson has “made a monkey out of the American taxpayer.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this state whose other senators included Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.
ANSWER: Wisconsin [or WI]
[10e] Proxmire took the seat last occupied by this senator, who rose to prominence with a Lincoln Day speech in which he claimed to have a list of 205 known Communists working in the State Department, kicking off the Red Scare of the 1950s.
ANSWER: Joseph McCarthy [or Joseph Raymond McCarthy]
[10m] McCarthy himself succeeded a Wisconsin politician with this surname whose father, nicknamed Fighting Bob, promoted the Wisconsin Idea during the Progressive Era.
ANSWER: La Follette [accept Robert M. La Follette; accept Robert M. La Follette Jr.]
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