 Samuel James Ervin Jr. September 27, 1896April 23, 1985 aiva wezvematongerwo enyika weAmerica. Democrat, akashanda seSeneta weUnited States kubva kuNorth Carolina kubva muna 1954 kusvika muna 1974. Akazvarwa muMorganton, aifarira kuzvidaidza kuti gweta renyika, uye aiwanzotaura nyaya dzinonakidza mumutauro wake wokuSouth. Munguva yebasa rake reSeneti, Ervin aive mudziviriri akasimba wemitemo yaJim Crow uye kupatsanurwa kwemarudzi, sehunyanzvi hwebumbiro remutemo reSouth panguva yekukakavadzana kwekongiresi pamusoro pekodzero dzevanhu. Nenzira isingakarirwi, akava gamba rorusununguko nokuda kwokutsigira kwake rusununguko rwomunhu. Anorangarirwa nokuda kwebasa rake mumakomiti okuongorora ayo akawisira pasi Senator Joseph McCarthy muna 1954 uye zvikurukuru nokuda kwokuongorora kwake nhau yeWatergate muna 1972 iyo yakatungamirira kukudzingwa kwaRichard Nixon. 