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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Linley E. Pearson
|image = Linley Pearson.jpg
|caption =
|office1 = [[Clinton County, Indiana|Judge for the Clinton County Circuit Court]]
|term_start1 = December 1994
|term_end1 = December 2012
|predecessor1 = Jack R. O'Neill
|successor1 = Bradley K. Mohler
|office2 = 37th [[Indiana Attorney General|Attorney General of Indiana]]
|governor2 = [[Robert D. Orr]]<br>[[Evan Bayh]]
|term_start2 = January 12, 1981
|term_end2 = January 11, 1993
|predecessor2 = [[Theodore L. Sendak]]
|successor2 = [[Pamela Carter]]
|office3 = [[Clinton County, Indiana|Clinton County Prosecutor]]
|term_start3 = January 1971
|term_end3 = January 1981
|predecessor3 = Carol E. Grafton
|successor3 =
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|4|18}}
|birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]]
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}

'''Linley E. Pearson''' (born April 18, 1946) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[politician]], [[lawyer]], and [[judge]] who served as the thirty-seventh [[Indiana Attorney General|Attorney General of Indiana]] from January 12, 1981 to January 11, 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106915869/ |title=The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on May 6, 1992 · Page 4 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1992-05-06 |accessdate=2018-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107021217/ |title=The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on October 4, 1992 · Page 13 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1992-10-04 |accessdate=2018-07-03}}</ref><ref name="newspapers1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/313257410/ |title=The Indianapolis News from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 9, 1994 · 25 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1994-11-09 |accessdate=2018-08-02}}</ref>

==Biography==
Pearson was born in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]]. Pearson attended [[The Citadel]] (a [[senior military college]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]). Pearson obtained a master's degree from [[Butler University]] and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Indiana University]]. Pearson is a former law clerk of [[Richard M. Givan]], a Justice of the [[Indiana Supreme Court]].<ref name="Rushville">{{cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Hortense |title=Five Seek GOP AG Nomination |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/rushville/rushville-republican/1980/06-12/ |agency=Rushville Republican |date=12 Jun 1980}}</ref>

Pearson, a resident of [[Frankfort, Indiana|Frankfort]], was elected [[Prosecutor]] of [[Clinton County, Indiana|Clinton County]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Indianapolis News 28 Oct 1970, page 2 |url=https://indystar.newspapers.com/image/312638405/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> Pearson is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. When he was first elected, he was the youngest prosecutor in the state. He served as Prosecutor until 1980, when he was elected [[Indiana Attorney General]], defeating [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] challenger Robert Webster (an attorney from [[Indianapolis]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Indianapolis News from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 3, 1994 · 79 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/313249487/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> Pearson succeeded [[Theodore L. Sendak]] to the office and served as Attorney General in the administrations of [[Governor of Indiana|Governors]] [[Robert D. Orr]] (a Republican) and [[Evan Bayh]] (a Democrat). Pearson was succeeded to the office by [[Pamela Carter]], a Democrat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polls Indicate Small Changes In Statehouse |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/indiana/logansport/logansport-pharos-tribune/1980/10-27/page-7/ |agency=Logansport Pharos Tribune |date=27 Oct 1980}}</ref><ref name="Rushville"/>

Pearson was the Republican candidate in the [[1992 Indiana gubernatorial election]], losing the race to incumbent Governor Evan Bayh.<ref name="newspapers1"/>

Pearson became [[Clinton County, Indiana#Government|Judge for the Clinton County Circuit Court]] in 1994, after he defeated the incumbent, Jack O'Neill, in the Republican primary.<ref name="newspapers1"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1996-08-31 |title=Jack R. O'Neill; Judge Backed AIDS Victim |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-31-mn-39304-story.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He left in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Linley_E._Pearson |title=Linley E. Pearson |publisher=Ballotpedia |date= |accessdate=2018-08-02}}</ref>

In an interview with ''The Indiana Lawyer'' in 2021, Pearson criticized Indiana Attorney General [[Todd Rokita]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stafford |first1=Dave |title=A veteran of Indiana GOP politics looks on, shakes his head |url=https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/stafford-a-veteran-of-indiana-gop-politics-looks-on-shakes-his-head |agency=The Indiana Lawyer |date=3 Mar 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[Indiana Attorney General]]|years=1980, 1984, 1988}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[Governor of Indiana]]|years=[[1992 Indiana gubernatorial election|1992]]}}
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[[Category:Indiana Attorneys General]]
[[Category:Indiana Republicans]]
[[Category:The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina alumni]]
[[Category:Butler University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Frankfort, Indiana]]
[[Category:Indiana lawyers]]
[[Category:Indiana state court judges]]

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