Joseph Wilson Ervin

Joseph Wilson Ervin (March 3 1901-December 25 1945) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina and the brother of a more famous politician, Sam Ervin.

Ervin was born in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. He attended the public schools, was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1921 and from its law school in 1923, was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Washington, D.C. on December 25, 1945, nearly a year after entering Congress. He committed suicide because of pain from an illness that he was suffering from. His brother Sam Ervin was elected to finish his term. Joseph Ervin was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.