Sen. James Pearson

Former Senator from Kansas

Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1962-1978	Senator	Kansas

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Pearson sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Pearson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Some of Pearson’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Feb 1962 to Oct 1978, Pearson missed 864 of 7,056 roll call votes, which is 12.2%. This is worse than the median of 10.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1962 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	5	8.1%	63^rd
1962 Jul-Sep	122	16	13.1%	89^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	2	25.0%	82^nd
1963 Apr-Jun	73	3	4.1%	47^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	3	4.9%	35^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	16	18.4%	82^nd
1964 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	56^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	5	3.6%	82^nd
1964 Jul-Sep	106	23	21.7%	94^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	9	28.1%	81^st
1965 Apr-Jun	106	20	18.9%	84^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	25	23.6%	91^st
1965 Oct-Oct	15	4	26.7%	63^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	24^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	5	8.9%	18^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	23	19.3%	74^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	16	45.7%	76^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	3	5.7%	18^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	1	1.4%	8^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	5	6.2%	33^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	111	6	5.4%	18^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	3	4.3%	18^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	8	8.3%	20^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	5	5.6%	20^th
1968 Oct-Oct	27	2	7.4%	33^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	55^th
1969 Apr-Jun	22	1	4.5%	22^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	156	13	8.3%	31^st
1970 Jan-Mar	100	13	13.0%	57^th
1970 Apr-Jun	91	12	13.2%	59^th
1970 Jul-Sep	122	8	6.6%	16^th
1970 Oct-Dec	106	12	11.3%	40^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	3	12.0%	42^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	89	8	9.0%	28^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	20	18.3%	62^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	202	8	4.0%	14^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	6	5.0%	21^st
1972 Apr-Jun	130	6	4.6%	19^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	10	4.9%	31^st
1972 Oct-Oct	75	21	28.0%	71^st
1973 Jan-Mar	67	6	9.0%	51^st
1973 Apr-Jun	192	11	5.7%	32^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	167	46	27.5%	94^th
1973 Oct-Dec	168	42	25.0%	87^th
1974 Jan-Mar	94	9	9.6%	52^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	179	6	3.4%	22^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	138	14	10.1%	58^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	19	14.3%	56^th
1975 Jan-Mar	117	5	4.3%	39^th
1975 Apr-Jun	141	21	14.9%	72^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	168	5	3.0%	12^th
1975 Oct-Dec	180	25	13.9%	77^th
1976 Jan-Mar	109	5	4.6%	34^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	45	17.1%	71^st
1976 Jul-Sep	314	18	5.7%	20^th
1976 Oct-Oct	13	13	100.0%	84^th
1977 Jan-Mar	92	5	5.4%	31^st
1977 Apr-Jun	178	28	15.7%	80^th
1977 Jul-Sep	233	11	4.7%	36^th
1977 Oct-Dec	132	62	47.0%	95^th
1978 Jan-Mar	78	8	10.3%	54^th
1978 Apr-Jun	119	26	21.8%	89^th
1978 Jul-Sep	236	49	20.8%	78^th
1978 Oct-Oct	86	32	37.2%	89^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. James Pearson [R-KS, 1962-1978] leaves office as Senator from Kansas

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Sen. James Pearson [R-KS, 1962-1978] takes office as Senator from Kansas

Jan 1, 1962