Jesse Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. In 1972, he won election as the Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate and was reelected until he retired in 2003.Photographs taken in Hickory, N.C., during a Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt vs Helms race.
Jesse Helms Photograph Collection
PhC.128
1984
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Jesse Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. In 1972, he won election as the Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate and was reelected until he retired in 2003.
Photographs taken in Hickory, N.C., during a Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt vs Helms race.For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina.
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Jesse Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. He attended both Wingate University and Wake Forest University. His first job was as a sports reporter with the Raleigh News and Observer. In 1942 he married Dorothy Coble, who was the society reporter, and enlisted in the Navy during World War II.
After leaving the Navy, Helms worked in a variety of fields, including serving as the director of several cerebral palsy hospitals and support organizations; serving on the Board of Trustees of Meredith College, John F. Kennedy College, Campbell University and Wingate College; and working for several news agencies, including WRAL-TV, The Raleigh Times, and the Tarheel Banker. By the mid-1960s, Helms was the executive vice president for Capitol Broadcasting in Raleigh. In 1972, he won election as the Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate and was reelected until he retired in 2003.
[Biographical note based upon information from The Jesse Helms Center website.]
[Identification of item], PhC.128, Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Donated to the State Archives of North Carolina April 2008 by Don Baker of Conover, North Carolina.
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Photographs taken in Hickory, N.C., during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt vs Helms race. The images show Jesse Helms at a podium with supporters including former NFL football star and Christian minister Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier and conservative politician Sue Myrick of Charlotte, N.C.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
To the speaking man's left, standing left to right, are Representative Sue Myrck and Reverend Rosey Grier. Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
To the speaking man's left, standing left to right, are Representative Sue Myrck and Reverend Rosey Grier. Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.
Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.