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Childhood and education (1921–1940) Advice from Jesse A. Helms Sr., to his son; Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina. Helms was born in 1921 in Monroe, North Carolina, where his father, nicknamed "Big Jesse", served as both fire chief and chief of police; his mother, Ethel Mae Helms, was a homemaker.
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was born on October 18, 1921, in Monroe, NC to Jesse Alexander Sr. and Ethel Mae. A seventh generation Helms family member to grow up in Monroe, Jesse, Jr. was part of a close-knit family that included an older brother, Wriston, and a younger sister, Mary Elizabeth.
Apr 30, 2024 · Helms, the son of the chief of police in Monroe, N.C., attended Wingate Junior College and Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University; in Winston-Salem) but abandoned his schooling in 1941.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Written By Ronnie W. Faulkner. A reporter, television-radio executive, and U.S. Senator, Jesse Helms was born October 18, 1921, in Monroe, N.C., to Jesse Alexander and Ethel Mae Helms.
Jul 4, 2008 · Jesse Helms' 30-year career in the U.S. Senate was marked by controversy and racial politics. The fierce advocate for segregation and king maker in North Carolina politics died Friday at the...
- Madeleine Brand
Jesse A. Helms was a five-term U.S. senator from North Carolina. As a young man, Helms received a scholarship to attend Wingate College, now Wingate University. Therefore, according to Senator Helms, there is no better place for him to donate his senatorial and personal papers.
A native of Monroe, N. C. who attended Wingate Junior College and Wake Forest College but graduated from neither, Helms grew his political successes from a substantial popular base, especially strong in eastern N.C., garnered during his decade plus run as a bombastic conservative commentator with WRAL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Raleigh.
