Samuel James Ervin Jr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:birthDate 1896-09-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Morganon,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:children gptkb:Samuel_James_Ervin_III
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
Chairman
gptkbp:deathDate 1985-04-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:district gptkb:North_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Samuel James Ervin Jr.
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Samuel_James_Ervin%2C_Jr.jpg/220px-Samuel_James_Ervin%2C_Jr.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Judicial_process_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:knownFor Watergate_hearings
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableWork The Watergate Scandal
gptkbp:occupation lawyer
U.S._Senator
gptkbp:office gptkb:Chairman_of_the_Senate_Watergate_Committee
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:position U.S._Senator_from_North_Carolina
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_L._McClellan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:U.S._Constitution
Constitutional law
Public policy
Public service
Civil liberties
Checks and balances
Judicial review
Separation of powers
Government accountability
Judicial independence
Civic engagement
Civil rights movement
Public trust in government
Political history
Political reform
Constitutional amendments
Political discourse
Legislative oversight
Government transparency
Legal education
Political accountability
Political ethics
Electoral politics
American_history
North_Carolina_history
Democratic_politics
Senate_history
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:serviceYears 1917-1919
gptkbp:signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Samuel_James_Ervin,_Jr._signature.svg/220px-Samuel_James_Ervin,_Jr._signature.svg.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Ervin
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Robert_Morgan
gptkbp:term 1947-1974
gptkbp:termEnd 1974-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1973-02-07