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'''''The Ev and Charlie Show''''' refers to joint weekly press conferences held between 1961 and 1964 by [[Republican Party|Republican]] leaders of the [[U.S. Senate]] and the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. The "Ev" was Senate Minority Leader [[Everett Dirksen]] of [[Illinois]], who died in office in 1969. The ''Charlie'' was House Minority Leader [[Charles A. Halleck]] of [[Indiana]]. Both were adamant [[conservatives]] within their party.
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'''''The Ev and Charlie Show''''' refers to joint weekly press conferences held between 1961 and 1964 by [[Republican Party|Republican]] leaders of the [[U.S. Senate]] and the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. The "Ev" was Senate Minority Leader [[Everett Dirksen]] of [[Illinois]], who died in office in 1969. The ''Charlie'' was House Minority Leader [[Charles A. Halleck]] of [[Indiana]]. Both were adamant [[conservatives]] within their party.<ref>[https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/13/ Charles Abraham Halleck]. ''Maurer School of Law''. Retrieved June 14, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Everett-McKinley-Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen]. ''Britannica''. Retrieved June 14, 2021.</ref>
    
Dirksen and Halleck held the press conferences during the administration of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The first one was just several days following Kennedy's inauguration, where reporters took a lighthearted view; Tom Wicker, a reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'', thus coined the term ''The Ev and Charlie Show''.
 
Dirksen and Halleck held the press conferences during the administration of [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. The first one was just several days following Kennedy's inauguration, where reporters took a lighthearted view; Tom Wicker, a reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'', thus coined the term ''The Ev and Charlie Show''.
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