His name was Sam Ervin – a big man, with a face like a giant friendly turnip. In a nutshell, he was the chairman of a special Senate committee set up to look into the campaign activities of one ...

In 1985, former U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin died at age 88. The North Carolina Democrat directed the Senate Watergate investigation that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. In 1993, United Farm ...