James B. Pearson

James Blackwood Pearson ( born May 7, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, † January 13, 2009 in Gloucester, Massachusetts) was an American politician who represented the state of Kansas in the U.S. Senate.

Life

Early life

James Pearson spent his first 14 years in Tennessee and moved with his parents - his father was a minister of the Methodist church - 1934 to Virginia. As a young man, he obtained his degree at Duke University in North Carolina. In 1943 he dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy where he was trained as a pilot of a Douglas DC-3. In 1946 he came out with the rank of Lieutenant from the army and was then in the office on a base in Olathe (Kansas ) are used.

Career

Again, he enrolled at a university, this time at the University of Virginia a, where he received his law degree in 1950. One of his classmates at Virginia was the later U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. After qualifying as a lawyer in Kansas, he began to practice in the small town of Mission on the border with Missouri. At that time he also met his future wife, Martha Mitchell, with whom he had four children over the years, three sons and a daughter. 1952 Pearson deputy district attorney in Johnson County, a post which he held until 1954. Two years from 1954 to 1956 Pearson worked at the probate of his district.

Political career

From 1956 to 1960 Pearson, the party member of the Republican part was at the Senate of Kansas. After retiring from office, he supported John Anderson, as this successfully ran for governor of Kansas. To thank Pearson was appointed by Anderson as party leader of the Republicans of Kansas.

In January, died in 1962 U.S. Senator Andrew Schoeppel. John Anderson, the now state the right to appoint a successor, came back to Pearson, who moved subsequently in the Congress in Washington. In November 1962, he was officially confirmed in a by-election. Pearson was re-elected in the episode twice and held office from 31 January 1962 to 23 December 1978 as a senator. In December 1978 he resigned his seat. From 1972 until his retirement from the Senate Pearson was a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Later life

After the early death of his first wife, married Margaret Pearson Lynch, with whom he went on trips to Japan and Southeast Asia. Between 1983 and 1991 he was living in Hawaii, where he was a board member of a trading company. He also was a partner in a law firm in Washington.

James B. Pearson last lived in Massachusetts, where he died in January 2009 at the age of 88 years.

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