In which year was Henry Hope defeated for the first time?
1946
1947
1948
1949
Answer
Henry Hope was defeated for the first time in 1946 when he lost to Joseph E. McCarthy in the Wisconsin Republican primary for the United States Senate. Hope had served as the governor of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1945. McCarthy was a decorated war veteran and an anti-Communist.
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