James Pearson (Nebraska)
 James Pearson (1873 – April 16 1950) served as lieutenant governor for the United States state of Nebraska from 1915 to 1917 and later went on to a successful career as a radio pastor.Pearson was born in Pana Illinois in 1873 and moved to Cass County Nebraska in 1885. He later moved west to Moorefield. He became a grain buyer and served as a representative (66th district) in the Nebraska legislature from 1913 to 1915.