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Ervin

American  
[ur-vin] / ˈɜr vɪn /

noun

  1. Samuel James, Jr. Sam, 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.

  2. a male given name.


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According to Warner Chabot, an old friend and recently retired executive director of the an Francisco Estuary Institute, Caughlan got his start during the early 1970s when he and his friend, David Oke, formed the Sam Ervin Fan Club, which supported the Southern senator’s efforts to lead the Watergate investigation of President Nixon.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Chabot, Caughlan organized the printing of T-shirts with Ervin’s face on them, underneath the text “I Trust Uncle Sam.”

From Los Angeles Times

His father, Ervin G. Erdoes, was a Hungarian-born Jew who survived imprisonment at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, emigrated to the U.S. and became a medical professor and authority on the role of enzymes and peptides in controlling blood pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newby’s opponent — Sam J. Ervin IV, the son of a federal judge and the grandson of a legendary U.S. senator — depended mostly on $240,000 provided by North Carolina’s pioneering public financing system.

From Salon

Ervin did not respond to a request for comment.

From Salon