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Politician members in North Carolina

Richard Thurmond Chatham (1896-1957) — also known as Thurmond Chatham — of Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C.; Elkin, Surry County, N.C. Born in Elkin, Surry County, N.C., August 16, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president and chairman, Chatham Manufacturing Company; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1949-57. Member, Grange; Farm Bureau; Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Durham, Durham County, N.C., February 5, 1957 (age 60 years, 173 days). Interment at Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.   Relatives: Married to Lucy Hodgin Hanes; married, November 16, 1950, to Patricia (Firestone) Coyner.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel James Ervin Jr. (1896-1985) — also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. — of Morganton, Burke County, N.C. Born in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., September 27, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; appointed 1948; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956, 1964. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Historical Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Farm Bureau; Grange; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of Ahepa; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis; Junior Order; Newcomen Society; Sigma Upsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C., April 23, 1985 (age 88 years, 208 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.; statue at County Courthouse Grounds, Morganton, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin; brother of Joseph Wilson Ervin; married, June 18, 1924, to Margaret Bruce Bell; father of Laura Powe Ervin (daughter-in-law of Hallett Sydney Ward) and Samuel James Ervin III.   Political family: Ervin family of Morganton, North Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile   Lawrence H. Fountain (1913-2002) — also known as L. H. Fountain — of Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C. Born in Leggett, Edgecombe County, N.C., April 23, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of North Carolina state senate 4th District, 1947-52; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1953-83; member, Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism, 1981-82. Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Moose; American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; Grange; American Legion; Jaycees. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., October 20, 2002 (age 89 years, 180 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence H. Fountain and Sallie (Barnes) Fountain; married, May 14, 1942, to Christine Dail.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837-1892) — of North Carolina. Born in Anson County, N.C., April 24, 1837. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1866; newspaper editor; North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, 1877-80; national president of the Farmers' Alliance. Baptist. Member, Grange. Founder of Polkton, N.C. Elected to the North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1957. Died from a bladder hemorrhage, in Washington, D.C., June 11, 1892 (age 55 years, 48 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Polk and Sereba Autry Polk; married 1857 to Sarah Pamela Gaddy.   Epitaph: "Editor, orator, patriot, Christian. The friend of popular education and civil liberty."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Walter Scott (1929-2009) — also known as Robert Scott — of Haw River, Alamance County, N.C. Born in Haw River, Alamance County, N.C., June 13, 1929. Democrat. Farmer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1965-69; Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73. Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; Jaycees; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Alpha Zeta. Died January 23, 2009 (age 79 years, 224 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Kerr Scott and Mary E. (White) Scott; married, September 1, 1951, to Jessie Rae Osborne.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier William Kerr Scott (1896-1958) — also known as W. Kerr Scott; "The Squire of Haw River" — of Haw River, Alamance County, N.C. Born in Alamance County, N.C., April 17, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; Governor of North Carolina, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1952, 1956 (delegation vice-chair); U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1954-58; died in office 1958. Member, Grange. Died April 16, 1958 (age 61 years, 364 days). Interment at Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Near Mebane, Alamance County, N.C.   Relatives: Father of Robert Walter Scott.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)

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