Sam Ervin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Democratic United States Senator from North Carolina
Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1896
Place of Birth: Morganton, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1985
Profession: judge, lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Sam Ervin
- Samuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr.
- (September 27, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American politician.
- A Democrat, he served as a U.S.
- Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974.
- A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer," and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl.
- During his Senate career, Ervin was a legal defender of the Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights.
- Unexpectedly, he became a liberal hero for his support of civil liberties.
- He is remembered for his work in the investigation committees that brought down Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and especially for his investigation of the Watergate scandal in 1972 that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon.
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