James B. Pearson
| James B. Pearson | |
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United States Senator from Kansas |
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In office January 31, 1962 – December 23, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew F. Schoeppel |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Landon Kassebaum |
| Member of the Kansas Senate | |
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In office 1956-1960 |
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May 7, 1920 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | January 13, 2009 (aged 88) Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Mitchell Margaret Lynch |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
James Blackwood Pearson (May 7, 1920 – January 13, 2009) was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1978.
James Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. During the Second World War he interrupted his schooling to serve as a pilot in the air transport service of the United States Navy, flying DC3's across country (1943–1946), and was discharged as a lieutenant.
The fine Senator from Tennessee's lesser known accomplishments include bills brought forth in the senate. Senator Pearson introduced & sponsored senate bill S.3383 "National Weather Modification Policy Act". The act authorizes a member of the cabinet to "negotiate an International agreement concerning the peaceful uses of weather modification". Written into public law October 13, 1976, Public Law 94-490. Some of the senators last know words on the subject were "YOUR WELCOME"!
Stationed at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Kansas, Pearson met and married the former Martha Mitchell. Pearson graduated from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1950. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Mission, Kansas. Pearson served as Assistant County Attorney of Johnson County, Kansas from 1952 to 1954; County Probate Judge from 1954 to 1956; and was elected to the State Senate, where he served from 1956 to 1960. He did not seek reelection but returned to the practice of law. Pearson campaigned with Attorney General John Anderson 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 F. Schoeppel. Pearson was elected on November 6, 1962, in a special election for the term ending January 3, 1967; reelected in 1966 for a full six-year term; and reelected again in 1972.
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