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width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Sam Ervin</b></font><p><img src="sam-ervin-1-sized.jpg" height=284 width=234 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Sam Ervin"><b>AKA</b> Samuel James Ervin, Jr.<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/788/000106470/" class=proflink>27-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/895/000105580/" class=proflink>1896</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/464/000110134/" class=proflink>Morganton, NC</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/000/000106679/" class=proflink>23-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/495/000106177/" class=proflink>1985</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/783/000069576/" class=proflink>Winston-Salem, NC</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/295/000069088/" class=proflink>Emphysema</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, NC<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/873/000071660/" class=proflink>Presbyterian</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Politician<br><b>Party Affiliation:</b> Democratic<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74<p><b>Military service:</b> US Army (1917-19)<p><b>Father:</b> Samuel James Ervin (b. 1844, d. 1944)<br><b>Mother:</b> Laura Theresa Powe (b. 1865, d. 1956)<br><b>Sister:</b> Laura Witherspoon Ervin (b. 1888, d. 1976)<br><b>Sister:</b> Catherine Ellerbe Ervin (b. 1890, d. 1940)<br><b>Sister:</b> Margaret Tate Ervin (b. 1892, d. 1911)<br><b>Brother:</b> Edward Powe Ervin (b. 1894, d. 1933)<br><b>Brother:</b> Hugh Tate Ervin (b. 1898)<br><b>Brother:</b> Joseph Wilson Ervin (Congressman, d. 1945, suicide)<br><b>Sister:</b> Eunice Worth Ervin (b. 1903)<br><b>Brother:</b> John Witherspoon Ervin (b. 1906, d. 1973)<br><b>Sister:</b> Jean Conyers Ervin (b. 1909)<br><b>Wife:</b> Margaret Bruce Bell Ervin (m. 1924, d. 1986)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Margaret Leslie Ervin Hansler<br><b>Daughter:</b> Laura Powe Ervin Smith<br><b>Son:</b> Sam J. Ervin III (b. 1926)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/516/000068312/">University of North Carolina (1917)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/404/000127023/">LLB, Harvard Law School (1922)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/254/000052098/">US Senator, North Carolina</a> (1954-74)<br> <a href="/gov/906/000167405/">North Carolina State Supreme Court</a> (1948-54)<br> <a href="/gov/304/000052148/">US Congressman, North Carolina</a> (1946-47)<br> <a href="/gov/141/000121775/">North Carolina State House of Representatives</a> <br> <a href="/org/935/000111602/">American Bar Association</a> <br> <a href="/org/517/000042391/">American Legion</a> <br> <a href="/org/497/000042371/">Farm Bureau</a> <br> <a href="/org/426/000041303/">Freemasonry</a> <br> <a href="/org/133/000053971/">Grange</a> <br> <a href="/org/851/000041728/">Kiwanis Club</a> Morganton, NC<br> <a href="/org/849/000041726/">Knights of Pythias</a> <br> <a href="/org/402/000052246/">Knights Templar</a> <br> <a href="/org/824/000041701/">Loyal Order of Moose</a> <br> <a href="/org/717/000121354/">Newcomen Society of the United States</a> <br> <a href="/org/804/000052648/">Order of AHEPA</a> <br> <a href="/org/760/000041637/">Shriners</a> <br> <a href="/org/082/000049932/">Society of the Cincinnati</a> <br> <a href="/org/400/000052244/">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> <br> <a href="/honors/283/000043154/">Distinguished Service Cross</a> <br> <a href="/honors/279/000043150/">Purple Heart</a> twice<br> <a href="/honors/281/000043152/">Silver Star</a> <br> <a href="/event/221/000218564/">Cholecystectomy</a> Grace Hospital, Morganton, NC (1985)<br> <a href="/group/536/000044404/">Watergate Scandal</a> <br> <a href="/lists/936/000043807/">Irish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/223/000044091/">Scottish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy</i> (<tt>1980</tt>, politics)<br><i>Preserving the Constitution: An Autobiography of Senator Sam Ervin</i> (<tt>1984</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=109899"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=109899">Sam Ervin</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=109899" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>