Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)

Sam Ervin

United States Senator and jurist (1896–1985)

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 humorous stories in his Southern drawl. During his Senate career, Ervin was at…