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, U.S. | March 3, 1901
Died | December 25, 1945 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (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[edit]
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[edit]
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. Ervin was a staunch opponent of the Fair Employment Practice Committee.[1]
Suicide[edit]
He killed himself by inhaling gas from a kitchen stove. This was said to be due to the pain from osteomyelitis from which he was suffering.[2] His brother Sam Ervin was elected to finish his term. Joseph Ervin was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, North Carolina.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ academic.oup.com https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/13982/chapter-abstract/167747352?redirectedFrom=fulltext. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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(help) - ^ Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 1945, Page 2
External links[edit]
- United States Congress. "Joseph Wilson Ervin (id: E000210)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.