Lieutenant William Rock Painter Succeeded by John T. Barker Preceded by Herbert S. Hadley Name Elliot Major | Resigned January 8, 1917 Preceded by Herbert S. Hadley | |
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Role Former Governor of Missouri Died July 9, 1949, Eureka, Missouri, United States Previous office Governor of Missouri (1913–1917) Similar People Oscar Branch Colquitt, Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Elisha M Pease | ||
Succeeded by Frederick D. Gardner | ||
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. He died in 1949 at Eureka, Missouri and is buried at the City Cemetery at Bowling Green, Missouri.
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