Joseph Wilson Ervin

Joseph Wilson Ervin (March 3, 1901 – December 25, 1945) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.

Joseph Wilson Ervin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th district
In office
January 3, 1945 – December 25, 1945
Preceded byCameron A. Morrison
Succeeded bySam Ervin
Personal details
Born(1901-03-03)March 3, 1901
Morganton, North Carolina
DiedDecember 25, 1945(1945-12-25) (aged 44)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupationlawyer

Family background, education and early professional life

He was the younger brother of a more famous politician, Sam Ervin.

Ervin pictured at the University of North Carolina, c. 1921

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.

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See also
  • Sam Ervin
  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References
  1. Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 1945, Page 2
  • United States Congress. "Joseph Wilson Ervin (id: E000210)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Cameron A. Morrison		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th congressional district
January 3, 1945 – December 25, 1945		 Succeeded by
Sam Ervin

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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