# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-ervin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:27:04.994Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-ervin"
name: "Sam Ervin"
slug: "sam-ervin"
description: "Samuel James Ervin Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a \"country lawyer\", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl. During his Senate career, Ervin was at first a staunch defender of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights. However, unexpectedly, he became a liberal hero for his support of civil liberties. He is remembered for his work in the investigation committees that brought down Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and especially for his leadership of the Senate committee's investigation of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974."
tagline: "United States Senator and jurist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Ervin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896-09-27"
deathDate: "1985-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.36923066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سام ارفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سام ارفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سام اروین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سام اروین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "סם ארווין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin"
    title: "Sam Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322911"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump