Virgil Pearman

{{Short description|American politician (1933–2012)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Virgil Pearman

| image =

| state_senate = Kentucky

| district = 10th

| term_start = January 1, 1987

| term_end = January 1, 1991

| predecessor = Joe Prather

| successor = Tom Smith

| state_house1 = Kentucky

| district1 = 26th

| term_start1 = January 1, 1993

| term_end1 = September 1, 1993

| predecessor1 = Bill Ark

| successor1 = Kaye Bondurant

| term_start2 = January 1, 1978

| term_end2 = January 1, 1987

| predecessor2 = Nick Pearl

| successor2 = Bill Ark

| term_start3 = January 1, 1974

| term_end3 = January 1, 1976

| predecessor3 = Joe Prather

| successor3 = Nick Pearl

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|07|13}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|02|17|1933|07|13}}

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

}}

Virgil L. Pearman (July 13, 1933 – February 17, 2012) was an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Kentucky Senate. Pearman was first elected to the house in 1973 when incumbent representative Joe Prather ran for the senate. He did not run for reelection in 1975. He ran for the house again in 1977, defeating incumbent representative Nick Pearl for renomination.

Pearman was elected to the Kentucky Senate in 1986 when Prather retired.{{cite news |date=February 17, 1986 |title=Filing deadline: It can be signal to act or not for lawmakers |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=B1}} He was defeated for renomination in 1990 by Tom Smith.{{cite news |date=November 7, 1990 |title=4 tax supporters lose senate seats |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A5}}

Pearman returned to the house in 1992 when incumbent representative Bill Ark retired. He resigned from the house in September 1993.{{cite news |date=September 2, 1993 |title=Virgil Pearman of Radcliff resigns |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A1}}

He died in February 2012 at age 78.{{cite web |url=https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2012-02-19/remembering-legislator-virgil-pearman |title=Remembering Legislator Virgil Pearman |date=February 19, 2012 |website=WEKU |access-date=February 24, 2024}}