Birthdate: September 27, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Morganton
Died: April 23, 1985
Samuel James Ervin Jr. was a prominent American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. Initially associated with supporting Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, he later became renowned for championing civil liberties. Ervin gained national recognition for his involvement in the committees that exposed Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and his leadership in the Senate committee’s investigation of the Watergate scandal, which culminated in President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974.
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