| LC control no. | n 50008970 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ervin, Sam J., Jr. (Sam James), 1896-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985 Ervin, Samuel James, 1896- Ervin, Sam, 1896-1985 Ervin, Mr. (Sam James), 1896-1985 |
| See also | Family: Ervin (Family : Morganton, N.C.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1896-09-27 |
| Death date | 1985-04-23 |
| Place of birth | Morganton (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Winston-Salem (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | 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) Protecting the rights of the American Indian, 1968?: t.p. (Mr. Ervin, from the Committee on the Judiciary) 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.) Finding aid for Ervin family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Nov. 3, 2020 (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) <https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04498/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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