Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Hallett Sydney Ward (1870-1956) — also known asHallett S. Ward — of Plymouth,WashingtonCounty, N.C.; Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.Born near Gatesville,GatesCounty, N.C.,August31, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1899-1901, 1931;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1921-25.Died in Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.,March31, 1956 (age85 years, 213days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Washington, N.C. | | Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) — also known asSam J. Ervin, Jr. — of Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.Born in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,September27, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931;chair ofBurke County Democratic Party, 1924; member ofNorthCarolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superiorcourt judge in North Carolina, 1937-43;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47;justice ofNorth Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1956,1964.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;FarmBureau;Grange;Sonsof the American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Orderof Ahepa;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Kiwanis;JuniorOrder;NewcomenSociety;SigmaUpsilon;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.,April23, 1985 (age88 years, 208days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue atCounty Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C. | | Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) — of North Carolina. Born in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,March 3,1901.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died inoffice 1945.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,December25, 1945 (age44 years, 297days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C. | | Samuel James Ervin III (1926-1999) — Born in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,March 2,1926.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1965-67; superior courtjudge in North Carolina, 1967-80;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1980-99; died inoffice 1999.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died at GraceHospital,Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,September18, 1999 (age73 years, 200days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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