Samuel James Ervin III (March 2, 1926 – September 18, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Preceded by Harrison Lee Winter Succeeded by J. Harvie Wilkinson III Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit May 23, 1980 – September 18, 1999 Preceded by Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 Succeeded by Allyson Kay Duncan Died September 18, 1999 (aged 73) Spouse Elisabeth "Betty" Crawford Education Davidson College (BS) Samuel James Ervin III (March 2, 1926 – September 18, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the son of United States Senator Sam Ervin. Ervin was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Science from Davidson College in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1951. He served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1952. He was in private practice of law in Morganton from 1952 to 1967. He was the solicitor for the Burke County, North Carolina Board of Commissioners, from 1954 to 1956. He was a Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967. He was a judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina from 1967 to 1980.[1] Ervin was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 2, 1980, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1980, and received his commission on May 23, 1980. Ervin served as Chief Judge of the court from 1989 to 1996. He served on the court until his death on September 18, 1999, in Morganton.[1] Among others, he was survived by his sons, Sam J. Ervin IV and Robert C. Ervin, both of whom became judges.
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Oct 30, 2018 ... Samuel James Ervin III was born on March 2, 1926 in Morganton, North Carolina. [1] Judge Ervin joined the US Army and served as a lieutenant from 1944 to 1946. Judges of the Fourth Circuit – Hon. Samuel J. Ervin III Categories: 4th Cir. Blog Judges of the 4th Cir. Comments Off on Judges of the Fourth Circuit – Hon. Samuel J. Ervin III By Elliott Beale and Cassidy Webb Samuel James Ervin III was born on March 2, 1926 in Morganton, North Carolina.[1] Judge Ervin joined the U.S. Army and served as a lieutenant from 1944 to 1946.[2] After Judge Ervin earned his Bachelor of Science from Davidson College in 1948, he received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951.[3] Following another two year stint in the U.S. Army, Judge Ervin returned to Morganton to work in private practice.[4] Judge Ervin worked at Patton, Ervin, and Starnes, where he became associated in 1957.[5] While working in private practice, Judge Ervin served as a solicitor for the Burke County Board of Commissioners from 1954 to 1956 and North Carolina State Representative from 1965 to 1967.[6] Governor Dan K. Moore named Judge Ervin to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Superior Court for the 25th Judicial District in July 1967.[7] Judge Ervin served on the North Carolina Superior Court until 1980.[8] On April 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Judge Ervin to a new seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[9] He was confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1980 and received his commission on May 23, 1980.[10] He served as Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit from 1989 to 1996. While serving as Chief Judge, Judge Ervin was also a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1989 to 1995.[11] His service terminated on September 18, 1999 upon his death.[12]
"Remarks by the Honorable Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., The Bookmark 45 (1975). Thad Stem, Jr., and Alan Butler, Senator Sam Ervin's Best Stories (1973). Clifford ... by Mitchell F. Ducey, 1986; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 See also: Senator Sam Ervin: Interpreting Historical Figures, ANCHOR Photographic portrait of the Hon. Sam Ervin, circa 1945. By Harris & Ewing. Item LC-H25-320728-G, Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photgraphs Online Catalog. Samuel James Ervin, Jr., lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, and United States senator, was descended from a family of Scot-Irish Presbyterians who had migrated from Ulster to the coast of South Carolina in 1732. The family originally settled in Williamsburg County. John Witherspoon Ervin (27 Mar. 1823–15 Apr. 1902), Senator Ervin's grandfather, became a teacher in Clarendon County, S.C., upon his graduation from South Carolina College in the early 1840s. He married Laura Catherine Nelson in 1844, and they eventually had six sons and three daughters. The family lived in Sumter and Manning where John Ervin became the first editor of Clarendon County's earliest newspaper, The Clarendon Banner. Ervin stayed in Manning until 1874, when he accepted an opportunity to teach in Morganton, N.C. Financially torn and emotionally embittered by the Confederate defeat in the Civil War, Ervin wrote poetry and fiction for various newspapers and periodicals until his death in 1902. John Ervin's fifth son, Samuel James Ervin (21 June 1855–13 July 1944), was born in Sumter and reared in Manning. He attended Manning Academy, a school conducted by his father. After the family moved to Morganton, the young man served as deputy postmaster for the community between 1875 and 1880. He studied law in his spare time and passed the North Carolina bar examination in 1879. Ervin was extremely thorough in his study of the law and from modest beginnings became one of the most prominent lawyers of his time in western North Carolina. Though denied the privilege of a college education, Ervin possessed several of the qualities that would characterize his son's career: a devout respect for the Constitution coupled with a detestation of governmental tyranny; a devotion to civil liberties coupled with a sincere belief in the individual's responsibility for his own welfare; and a mastery of the King James version of the Bible coupled with a hatred for religious and other forms of intolerance.
May 17, 2023 ... Sam Ervin Jr., who received the first Liberty Bell Award in 1983, and his father, Judge Sam J. Ervin III, who served on the U.S. Court of ... Hurricane Helene Response: Natural Disaster Aftermath and Recovery Resources × Sam Ervin Iv Becomes Third Generation Recipient Of Liberty Bell Award Sam Ervin IV Becomes Third-Generation Recipient of Liberty Bell Award Samuel James Ervin, IV, of Morganton is the 2023 recipient of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award. The award is presented annually by the Young Lawyers Division in conjunction with Law Day. Ervin was recognized on Friday, May 5, during the Law Day awards ceremony in Raleigh. The award has now been presented to three generations of Ervin’s family, beginning with his grandfather, former U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin Jr., who received the first Liberty Bell Award in 1983, and his father, Judge Sam J. Ervin III, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and was honored in 1999. Sam Ervin IV, who also goes by Jimmy, is a former justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (2015-2023), a former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals (2009-2015), and former Commisioner of the North Carolina Utilities Commission (1999-2009). A graduate of Davidson College and Harvard Law School, he practiced law in his native Morganton prior to entering public service. He now serves of counsel with Brooks Pierce. Retired Chief Judge Linda McGee of the N.C. Court of Appeals, a former recipient of the Liberty Bell Award, submitted Ervin’s nomination for this year’s award. “Justice Ervin’s service as a Justice of our state Supreme Court, as well as his entire legal career in private practice, in representing indigent criminal defendants, on the Utilities Commission and the Court of Appeals, clearly exhibit his dedication to the highest ideals of the law,” McGee said.