| 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
Watergate Scandal
Irish Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry
Is the subject of books:
Just A Country Lawyer: A Biography of Senator Sam Ervin, 1974, BY: Paul R. Clancy
A Good Man: The Life of Sam J. Ervin, 1976, BY: Dick Dabney
Author of books:
The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy (1980)
Preserving the Constitution: An Autobiography of Senator Sam Ervin (1984, memoir)
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