Samuel Ervin

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Samuel Ervin
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Current Court Information:
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Title:   Former Judge
Service:
Appointed by:   Jimmy Carter
Active:   1980-1999
Chief:   1989-1996
Succeeded by:   Allyson Duncan
Past post:   North Carolina Superior Courts
Past term:   1967-1980
Personal History
Born:   1926
Deceased:   3/17/1958
Bachelors:   Davidson College '48
Law School:   Harvard Law '51

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Samuel James Ervin, III (1926-1999) was a federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He served on the court for nineteen years, from 1980 until his death in September 1999, including a stint at the court's chief judge from 1989-1996.[1]

Ervin was nominated to the Fourth Circuit on April 2, 1980 by President Jimmy Carter to a newly-created seat.[1]

Education

  • Davidson College, B.S., 1948
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1951[1]

Professional background

  • U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1951-1952
  • Private practice, Morgantown, North Carolina, 1952-1967
  • Solicitor, Burke County Board of Commissioners, North Carolina, 1954-1956
  • Member, North Carolina House of Representatives, 1965-1967
  • Judge, Superior Court of North Carolina, 1967-1980.[1]

References

Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
NA - new seat
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
1980–1999
Succeeded by:
Allyson Duncan



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