Joseph Wilson Ervin
Joseph Wilson Ervin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 10th district | |
In office January 3, 1945 – December 25, 1945 | |
Preceded by | Cameron A. Morrison |
Succeeded by | Sam Ervin |
Personal details | |
Born | Morganton, North Carolina | March 3, 1901
Died | December 25, 1945 Washington, D.C. | (aged 44)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Occupation | lawyer |
Joseph Wilson Ervin (March 3, 1901 – December 25, 1945) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
Family background, education and early professional life[]
He was the younger brother of a more famous politician, Sam Ervin.
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Ervin was born in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. He attended the public schools, was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1921 where he was a member of the Dialectic Society and from its law school in 1923, was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Charlotte, North Carolina.
U.S. Congressman[]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Washington, D.C. on December 25, 1945, nearly a year after entering Congress.
Suicide[]
He committed suicide by inhaling gas from a kitchen stove. This was said to be due to the pain from osteomyelitis that he was suffering from.[1] His brother Sam Ervin was elected to finish his term. Joseph Ervin was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Joseph Wilson Ervin (id: E000210)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Excerpt from the book "Defending White Democracy: The Making of a Segregationist Movement and the Remaking of Racial Politics, 1936-1965″ by Jason Morgan Ward (2011)
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