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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James Blackwood Pearson
|image= James B. Pearson of KS.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Kansas]]
|term_start=January 31, 1962
|term_end=December 23, 1978
|preceded=Andrew Frank Schoeppel
|succeeded=[[Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker]]
|office2=Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party
|term_start2=August 30, 1960
|term_end2=December 8, 1960
|predecessor2=Sam Mellinger
|successor2=Donald Schnacke
|office3=Kansas State Senator for District 6
|term_start3=January 8, 1957
|term_end3=January 10, 1961
|preceded3=John Anderson, Jr.
|succeeded3=Clark Kuppinger
| birth_date=May 7, 1920
| birth_place=[[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| death_date=January 13, 2009 (aged 88)
| death_place=Gloucester, [[Massachusetts]]
| resting_place=Oak Hill Cemetery in [[Washington, D.C.]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Martha Mitchell Pearson (1921-2000; divorced)<br>Margaret Lynch Pearson (born 1937; married 1980)<ref>Margaret Pearson (L), 83 - Washington, DC Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com, accessed Julyu 5, 2021.</ref>
|children=From first marriage:<br>
James, William, Thomas, and Laura<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
John William and Lillian Blackwood Pearson
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=[[Duke University]] (Bachelor of Ars)<br>[[University of Virginia]] School of Law (LLB)
|branch=[[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears=1943–1946
|rank=[[Lieutenant]]
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''James Blackwood Pearson''' (May 7, 1920 – January 13, 2009) was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Kansas]] from 1962 to 1978.
==Biography==
A native of the capital city of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee], Pearson was the son of John William Pearson (1883-1954) , a [[Methodist]] minister, and the former Lillian Blackwood (1881-1944) . The family moved to [[Virginia]] in 1934. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Duke University]] in Durham, [[North Carolina]]. His education was interrupted during [[World War II]] with service as a pilot in the [[United States Navy]], for which he flew DC3's across the country (1943-1946) and was discharged as a lieutenant.<ref name=findagrave/>
Stationed at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Kansas, Pearson met and married the former Martha Mitchell. He graduated from the law school of the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville in 1950 and was admitted to the bar. He practiced in Mission in Johnson County in [[suburb]]an [[Kansas City]]. He was an assistant county attorney from 1952 to 1954; County Probate Judge from 1954 to 1956; and state Senator from 1956 to 1960. He later lived in Baldwin City in Douglas County. Pearson did not seek a second term as state senator and resumed his law practice. Pearson campaigned with state Attorney General John Anderson, Jr., for governor in 1960. Anderson was elected and Pearson became the state GOP chairman. On January 31, 1962, Anderson appointed Pearson to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962). He won the special election for the seat and was reelected to full terms in 1966 and 1972.<ref>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), accessed July 5, 2021.</ref>
Pearson initially voted regularly with the leadership of his party, opposing much of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] programs. However, like his Kansas Republican colleague, [[Frank Carlson]], he moderated his positions over time. For instance, he had supported the bombing of [[Laos]] and [[Cambodia]] during the [[Vietnam War]] until the [[Kent State massacre]] on May 4, 1970. Like many other [[Moderate Republicans]], he relished in working with colleagues across the political aisle, such as his partnership with [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of [[Texas]] in the passage of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.<ref name=findagrave>James Blackwood Pearson (1920-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 5, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, James B.}}
[[Category:Kansas]]
[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
|name=James Blackwood Pearson
|image= James B. Pearson of KS.jpg
|office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Kansas]]
|term_start=January 31, 1962
|term_end=December 23, 1978
|preceded=Andrew Frank Schoeppel
|succeeded=[[Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker]]
|office2=Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party
|term_start2=August 30, 1960
|term_end2=December 8, 1960
|predecessor2=Sam Mellinger
|successor2=Donald Schnacke
|office3=Kansas State Senator for District 6
|term_start3=January 8, 1957
|term_end3=January 10, 1961
|preceded3=John Anderson, Jr.
|succeeded3=Clark Kuppinger
| birth_date=May 7, 1920
| birth_place=[[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| death_date=January 13, 2009 (aged 88)
| death_place=Gloucester, [[Massachusetts]]
| resting_place=Oak Hill Cemetery in [[Washington, D.C.]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Martha Mitchell Pearson (1921-2000; divorced)<br>Margaret Lynch Pearson (born 1937; married 1980)<ref>Margaret Pearson (L), 83 - Washington, DC Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com, accessed Julyu 5, 2021.</ref>
|children=From first marriage:<br>
James, William, Thomas, and Laura<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
John William and Lillian Blackwood Pearson
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=[[Duke University]] (Bachelor of Ars)<br>[[University of Virginia]] School of Law (LLB)
|branch=[[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears=1943–1946
|rank=[[Lieutenant]]
|battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''James Blackwood Pearson''' (May 7, 1920 – January 13, 2009) was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Kansas]] from 1962 to 1978.
==Biography==
A native of the capital city of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee], Pearson was the son of John William Pearson (1883-1954) , a [[Methodist]] minister, and the former Lillian Blackwood (1881-1944) . The family moved to [[Virginia]] in 1934. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Duke University]] in Durham, [[North Carolina]]. His education was interrupted during [[World War II]] with service as a pilot in the [[United States Navy]], for which he flew DC3's across the country (1943-1946) and was discharged as a lieutenant.<ref name=findagrave/>
Stationed at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Kansas, Pearson met and married the former Martha Mitchell. He graduated from the law school of the [[University of Virginia]] at Charlottesville in 1950 and was admitted to the bar. He practiced in Mission in Johnson County in [[suburb]]an [[Kansas City]]. He was an assistant county attorney from 1952 to 1954; County Probate Judge from 1954 to 1956; and state Senator from 1956 to 1960. He later lived in Baldwin City in Douglas County. Pearson did not seek a second term as state senator and resumed his law practice. Pearson campaigned with state Attorney General John Anderson, Jr., for governor in 1960. Anderson was elected and Pearson became the state GOP chairman. On January 31, 1962, Anderson appointed Pearson to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962). He won the special election for the seat and was reelected to full terms in 1966 and 1972.<ref>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), accessed July 5, 2021.</ref>
Pearson initially voted regularly with the leadership of his party, opposing much of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] programs. However, like his Kansas Republican colleague, [[Frank Carlson]], he moderated his positions over time. For instance, he had supported the bombing of [[Laos]] and [[Cambodia]] during the [[Vietnam War]] until the [[Kent State massacre]] on May 4, 1970. Like many other [[Moderate Republicans]], he relished in working with colleagues across the political aisle, such as his partnership with [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of [[Texas]] in the passage of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.<ref name=findagrave>James Blackwood Pearson (1920-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 5, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, James B.}}
[[Category:Kansas]]
[[Category:Tennessee]]
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]