Ervin, Sam J., Jr. 1896-1985
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Name (Latin)
Ervin, Sam J., Jr. 1896-1985
Other forms of name
Ervin, Mr. (Sam James), 1896-1985
Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985
nna Ervin, Samuel James, 1896-
Ervin, Sam, 1896-1985
Ervin, Sam James, 1896-1985
Date of birth
1896-09-27
Date of death
1985-04-23
Place of birth
Morganton (N.C.)
Place of death
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Associated country
United States
Associate group
United States. Congress
United States. Congress (1946-01-22 - 1946-01-22)
Occupation
Legislators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Biog. Dir. of the U.S. Congress website, viewed Mar. 27, 2013(ERVIN, Samuel James, Jr., (brother of Joseph Wilson Ervin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., Sept. 27, 1896; elected on Jan. 22, 1946, as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Joseph W. Ervin, and served from Jan. 22, 1946, to Jan. 3, 1947; was not a candidate for renomination in 1946; appointed on June 5, 1954, and subsequently elected on Nov. 2, 1954, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clyde R. Hoey for the term ending Jan. 3, 1957; reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and served from June 5, 1954, until his resignation Dec. 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; chairman, Committee on Government Operations (Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses), Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Ninety-third Congress); died in Winston-Salem, N.C., on April 23, 1985; interment in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Morganton, N.C.)
- Samuel James Ervin married Laura Theresa Powe in 1886, and with her had ten children, among whom were Joseph W., Samuel James, Jr. (the U.S. senator), Jean, Catherine, and Laura ( (Finding aid for Ervin family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Nov. 3, 2020) )
- Protecting the rights of the American Indian, 1968?:t.p. (Mr. Ervin, from the Committee on the Judiciary)
- His A colonial history of Rowan County, North Carolina.
- Ervin, J.C. The Sam Ervin I know, 1980:t.p. (Sam Ervin) p. 1, etc. (Sam J. Ervin, Jr.)
- NUCMC data from Duke Univ. Libr. for Whitener, B.L. Papers, 1889-1968(Sam Ervin)
- NUCMC files(Ervin, Samuel James, 1896-1985, U.S. Representative and Senator from North Carolina)