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3 unusual facts about Jesse Helms


Gabriella Selmeczi

Népszava learned in May 1999 that state secretaries Selmeczi, István Balsay, and MP Béla Gyuricza sent a letter to U.S. Senators Jesse Helms and Joe Biden.

Lori Geary

Lori started her first reporting job at WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia where she was quickly promoted to noon anchor and later moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where she covered politics and conducted some memorable interviews with Jesse Helms, Elizabeth Dole, and John Edwards.

Treatment Action Group

TAG's September 1991 demonstration at the home of Senator Jesse Helms was documented in Robert Hilferty's film I Wrapped a Giant Condom Over Jesse Helms' House.


Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists

The totals in the Senate were: 98 Ayes, 0 Nays, 2 Present/Not Voting (Senators Larry Craig - R and Jesse Helms - R).

Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly

Domestically the firm has represented Bethlehem Steel and Tobacco Institute, and helped elect a slew of lawmakers—including Senators Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr., Arlen Specter, Paula Hawkins and David F. Durenberger, and worked on legislation that benefitted the firm's clients.

International Freedom Foundation

Its Washington lobbyist/film producer, Jack Abramoff, was said by Newsday to have recruited willing – but perhaps unwitting – Republican politicians including: Senator Jesse Helms; Rep. Dan Burton; Rep. Philip Crane; Rep. Robert Dornan; and Alan Keyes.

James A. Beaty, Jr.

Almost immediately, Beaty's nomination ran into opposition from North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, who was angry that Clinton after taking office had refused to renominate Helms' preferred candidate, Terrence Boyle.

Minimum Security

In one storyline, Nikko was accepted to appear in the television series Fear Factor, only to humiliate himself when he got sick trying to perform one of his stunts (licking the ears of Jesse Helms).

Union Grove, Iredell County, North Carolina

Fiddler's Grove and the Old Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival were nominated in the Local Legacy category by Senator Jesse Helms as part of the Library of Congress Bicentennial in 2000.

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1992

Enjoying the support of Senator Jesse Helms's political organization, Faircloth defeated Charlotte mayor Sue Myrick and former congressman Walter E. Johnston, III in the primary.


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