Sam Ervin AKA Samuel James Ervin, Jr. Born: 27-Sep-1896 Birthplace: Morganton, NC Died: 23-Apr-1985 Location of death: Winston-Salem, NC Cause of death: Emphysema Remains: Buried, Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, NC
Gender: Male Religion: Presbyterian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 Military service: US Army (1917-19) Father: Samuel James Ervin (b. 1844, d. 1944) Mother: Laura Theresa Powe (b. 1865, d. 1956) Sister: Laura Witherspoon Ervin (b. 1888, d. 1976) Sister: Catherine Ellerbe Ervin (b. 1890, d. 1940) Sister: Margaret Tate Ervin (b. 1892, d. 1911) Brother: Edward Powe Ervin (b. 1894, d. 1933) Brother: Hugh Tate Ervin (b. 1898) Brother: Joseph Wilson Ervin (Congressman, d. 1945, suicide) Sister: Eunice Worth Ervin (b. 1903) Brother: John Witherspoon Ervin (b. 1906, d. 1973) Sister: Jean Conyers Ervin (b. 1909) Wife: Margaret Bruce Bell Ervin (m. 1924, d. 1986) Daughter: Margaret Leslie Ervin Hansler Daughter: Laura Powe Ervin Smith Son: Sam J. Ervin III (b. 1926)
University: University of North Carolina (1917) Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1922)
US Senator, North Carolina (1954-74) North Carolina State Supreme Court (1948-54) US Congressman, North Carolina (1946-47) North Carolina State House of Representatives American Bar Association American Legion Farm Bureau Freemasonry Grange Kiwanis Club Morganton, NC Knights of Pythias Knights Templar Loyal Order of Moose Newcomen Society of the United States Order of AHEPA Shriners Society of the Cincinnati Veterans of Foreign Wars Distinguished Service Cross Purple Heart twice Silver Star Cholecystectomy Grace Hospital, Morganton, NC (1985) Watergate Scandal Irish Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry
Author of books:
The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy (1980, politics) Preserving the Constitution: An Autobiography of Senator Sam Ervin (1984, memoir)
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