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1 Family background, education and early professional life  





2 U.S. Congressman  





3 Suicide  





4 See also  





5 References  





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Joseph Wilson Ervin






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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, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 1945(1945-12-25) (aged 44)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupationlawyer

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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ academic.oup.com https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/13982/chapter-abstract/167747352?redirectedFrom=fulltext. Retrieved 2023-08-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • ^ Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 1945, Page 2
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    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

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