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James Blackwood Pearson

Senator from Kansas
SENATEREPUBLICAN1961–1979ID P000166
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LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 2,598 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 2,598 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1969 → 1971
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓196119671973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
48.5%with Democrats
of 423 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +16 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 5263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978S. 3084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 423 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance45.4% · 152 votes
Government Operations and Politics46.2% · 145 votes
Energy16.8% · 131 votes
Taxation24% · 75 votes
International Affairs47.4% · 57 votes
Law63.2% · 57 votes
Agriculture and Food78.8% · 52 votes
Congress66% · 50 votes
Armed Forces and National Security36.7% · 49 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources47.4% · 38 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance30% · 30 votes
Animals96.2% · 26 votes
Commerce64% · 25 votes
Transportation and Public Works44% · 25 votes
Depletion allowances22.7% · 22 votes
Environmental Protection50% · 22 votes
Education61.9% · 21 votes
Income tax10.5% · 19 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement64.7% · 17 votes
Health52.9% · 17 votes
Labor and Employment52.9% · 17 votes
Independent regulatory commissions6.3% · 16 votes
Power resources46.7% · 15 votes
Finance and Financial Sector75% · 12 votes
Social Welfare45.5% · 11 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations50% · 10 votes
Political participation20% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Automobile insurance— · 8 votes
Public works— · 8 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Amnesties— · 7 votes
Economic stabilization— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 5 votes
Petroleum industry— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 4 votes
Mortgages— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Age and employment— · 3 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 3 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes
Motor vehicles— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Conservation of natural resources, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Lobbying, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

9 Congresses
87th · 196195th · 1977
Republican · Senate · KS87th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
JP

James Blackwood Pearson

Senator from Kansas
SENATER1961–19799 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
34.9%with Democrats
of 2,598 votes · 65.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested35%of 2,598 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 423 votes48.5%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 423 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance45.4% · 152
Government Operations and Politics46.2% · 145
Energy16.8% · 131
Taxation24% · 75
International Affairs47.4% · 57
Law63.2% · 57
Agriculture and Food78.8% · 52
Congress66% · 50
Armed Forces and National Security36.7% · 49
Public Lands and Natural Resources47.4% · 38
Foreign Trade and International Finance30% · 30
Animals96.2% · 26
Commerce64% · 25
Transportation and Public Works44% · 25
Depletion allowances22.7% · 22
Environmental Protection50% · 22
Education61.9% · 21
Income tax10.5% · 19
Crime and Law Enforcement64.7% · 17
Health52.9% · 17
Labor and Employment52.9% · 17
Independent regulatory commissions6.3% · 16
Power resources46.7% · 15
Finance and Financial Sector75% · 12
Social Welfare45.5% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations50% · 10
Political participation20% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Automobile insurance— · 8
Public works— · 8
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Amnesties— · 7
Economic stabilization— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Day care— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Intergovernmental relations— · 5
Petroleum industry— · 5
Credit— · 4
Embargo— · 4
Mortgages— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Age and employment— · 3
Constitutional amendments— · 3
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Range management— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government publications— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Housing and Community Development— · 2
Motor vehicles— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Congressional-executive relations, Conservation of natural resources, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Lobbying, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

87th · 196195th · 1977
Republican87th–95th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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