Helms, Jesse

LC control no.	n 82209512
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Helms, Jesse *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Raleigh, N.C. Washington, D.C.
Birth date	19211018
Death date	20080704
Place of birth	Monroe, N.C.
Field of activity	television and radio politics legislature
Affiliation	Wake Forest College United States. Navy North Carolina Bankers' Association United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Newspaper editors
Found in	His When free men shall stand, 1976. NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983 (Helms, Jesse, 1921-) Members of Congress: 1789-1982: p. 1068 (Helms, Jesse Alexander; Sen. from N.C.; b. 1921) New York times WWW site, July 7, 2008 (in obituary dated July 5: Jesse Helms; b. Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr., Oct. 18, 1921, Monroe, N.C.; d. early Friday [July 4, 2008], Raleigh, N.C., aged 86; former North Carolina senator with the courtly manner and mossy drawl who turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid, and modern art) Biog. dir. of the United States Congress, accessed Apr. 17, 2012 (Helms, Jesse, Senator from North Carolina; b. Monroe, Union County, N.C., Oct. 18, 1921; educated in the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and Wake Forest College; served in U.S. Navy 1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and Alton Lennon 1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association 1953-1960; member, Raleigh City Council 1957-1961; television and radio executive 1960-1972; elected as a Republican to U.S. Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990 and again in 1996 and served from Jan. 3, 1973, to Jan. 3, 2003; not a candidate for reelection in 2002; chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Ninety-seventh to Ninety-ninth Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Fourth to One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [Jan. 3, 2001; Jan. 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]); resident of Raleigh, N.C until his death on July 4, 2008; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.)
Associated language	eng