Jesse Helms
American politician (1921-2008) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 86
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician, a journalist, and Navy veteran. A leader in the conservative and nationalist movement, he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2003.
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Advice from Jesse A. Helms Sr., to his son; Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina
U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. of Georgia told Helms in 1952 that he hoped Helms would one day become a senator; Helms achieved this 20 years later, but Russell did not live to see it.
Helms c. 1973
A 1991 report by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division recommending a lawsuit against the North Carolina Republican Party and the Helms for Senate Committee, et al.
Senator Helms holding a watermelon and standing between Miss North Carolina and the Mar-Del Watermelon Queen in 1991
Helms with Joe Biden in 1999Awards
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As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001, he had a major voice in foreign policy. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates.
