Sam Ervin
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Samuel James Ervin Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told h
Sam Ervin
Sam Ervin (right), as chair of the Senate Watergate Committee alongside Howard Baker (center) and Fred Thompson (left)
Entrance to Ervin Library at Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton
Ervin's Senate desk
Clyde R. Hoey
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Clyde Roark Hoey was an American Democratic politician from North Carolina. He served in both houses of the state legislature and served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1919 to 1921.
Sam Ervin
…of Michael Schenck, and was serving in that capacity when he was appointed in June 1954 by Governor William B. Umstead to fill the U.S. Senate seat of Clyde Hoey, who had died in office. He ran successfully for the seat in November 1954. Ervin made a deep impact on American history through his work on two separate…
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