Helms, Jesse

found: NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983(Helms, Jesse, 1921-)

found: Members of Congress: 1789-1982:p. 1068 (Helms, Jesse Alexander; Sen. from N.C.; b. 1921)

found: New York times WWW site, July 7, 2008(in obituary dated July 5: Jesse Helms; b. Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr., Oct. 18, 1921, Monroe, N.C.; d. early Friday [July 4, 2008], Raleigh, N.C., aged 86; former North Carolina senator with the courtly manner and mossy drawl who turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid, and modern art)

found: Biog. dir. of the United States Congress, accessed Apr. 17, 2012(Helms, Jesse, Senator from North Carolina; b. Monroe, Union County, N.C., Oct. 18, 1921; educated in the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and Wake Forest College; served in U.S. Navy 1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and Alton Lennon 1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association 1953-1960; member, Raleigh City Council 1957-1961; television and radio executive 1960-1972; elected as a Republican to U.S. Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990 and again in 1996 and served from Jan. 3, 1973, to Jan. 3, 2003; not a candidate for reelection in 2002; chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Ninety-seventh to Ninety-ninth Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Fourth to One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [Jan. 3, 2001; Jan. 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]); resident of Raleigh, N.C until his death on July 4, 2008; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.)