North Carolina Congressman, Briefly Senator Broyhill Dies at 95

North Carolina Congressman, Briefly Senator Broyhill Dies at 95
President Gerald Ford talks with North Carolina Congressman Jim Broyhill (L) and Sen. Jesse Helms (C) during a Republican fund raising visit to Raleigh on Nov. 14, 1975. AP Photo
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Raleigh, N.C.—Jim Broyhill, a longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy before losing a bid to keep the job, died early Saturday at age 95, his family said.

Broyhill, a scion of the Broyhill Furniture business in the North Carolina foothills that brought jobs and prestige to the region, died at Arbor Acres retirement home in Winston-Salem, according to his son, Ed. He had suffered from congestive heart failure for years that worsened in recent months, his son said Saturday.