Joseph N. Welch

Joseph Welch
Born	Joseph Nye Welch (1890-10-22)October 22, 1890 Primghar, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 6, 1960(1960-10-06) (aged 69) Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Grinnell College (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
Years active	1923–1960
Known for	Army–McCarthy hearings
Spouses	Judith Lyndon ​ ​ (m. 1917; died 1956)​ Agnes Rodgers Brown ​ (m. 1957)​
Children	2
Relatives	Amy Landecker (great-granddaughter)

Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 – October 6, 1960) was an American lawyer and actor 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 "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?", is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.