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    Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to...
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    Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the son of United States Senator Sam Ervin. Ervin was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science...
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    on more than 150 national affiliates. Working under committee chairman Sam Ervin, the committee played a pivotal role in gathering evidence that would...
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  • grandson of U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. and the son of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge Sam J. Ervin III. Ervin was born and raised in...
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    Res. 60 and establish a select committee to investigate Watergate, with Sam Ervin named chairman the next day. The hearings held by the Senate committee...
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  • It came to light during the 1973 Watergate hearings headed by Senator Sam Ervin (a Democrat from North Carolina). According to U.S. Senator Charles Mathias...
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  • actor (b. 1908) 1984 – Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923) 1985 – Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896) 1985 – Frank Farrell, Australian...
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    defended when examining the Constitution's original meaning. Segregationist Sam Ervin was an early proponent of originalism as he used the theory to argue in...
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    Counsel Rufus L. Edmisten, and then Democratic Senator Sam Ervin, chairman of the committee. Both Ervin and Dash realized how important it was politically...
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    Sam Ervin (right), chairman of the United States Senate Watergate Committee, 1973...
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