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Samuel James Ervin III (March 2 1926 – September 18 1999) was a United States federal judge and the son of U.S. Senator Sam Ervin.Ervin was born in Morganton North Carolina. He received a B.S. from Davidson College in 1948 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951. He served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1952. He was in private practice of law in Morganton North Carolina from 1952 to 1967.