This Week in Texas Methodist History July 16,

Methodist Press Touts PK's in the Senate  1965

After the new Congress convened in January 1965, Methodist journalists noted that six of the U. S. Senators were PK's---that is preacher kids if you did not know.  There is a whole genre of humorous stories about the antics of PKs, but most of us turn out ok.   The argument could be made that PKs are usually brought up in homes that stress education and both the written and spoken word.  

One of the six senators was the product of a Baptist parsonage.  He was Willis Robinson of Virginia.  You probably know of his son,  the pioneer Christian Broadcaster, Pat Robinson. 

The other five were all the products of Methodist parsonages:   George McGovern of South Dakota; John Tower of Texas; Walter Mondale of Minnesota; B. Everett Jordan of North Caroliina; and James Pearson of Kansas.  

It was not mentioned in the article, but with just a little bit of research would have revealed that that both of Tower's grandfathers were also Methodism preachers.