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Elliott Woolfolk Major

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Elliot W. Major

Elliot Woolfolk Major (October 20, 1864 – July 9, 1949) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Pike County, Missouri.

Biography

Born in 1864 in Lincoln County, Missouri, he served in the Missouri Senate, as the state's Attorney General, and was elected the 33rd Governor of Missouri in the 1912 election.[1] He died in 1949 at Eureka, Missouri and is buried at the City Cemetery at Bowling Green, Missouri.

References

  1. ^ "Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major". National Governors Association. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
Legal offices
Preceded by Missouri State Attorney General
1909–1913
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Missouri
1913–1917
Succeeded by

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