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Elliott Woolfolk Major
33rd Governor of Missouri
In office
January 13, 1913 – January 8, 1917
LieutenantWilliam Rock Painter
Preceded byHerbert S. Hadley
Succeeded byFrederick D. Gardner
25th Attorney General of Missouri
In office
1909–1913
Preceded byHerbert S. Hadley
Succeeded byJohn T. Barker
Member of the Missouri Senate
In office
1897–1901
Personal details
Born(1864-10-20)October 20, 1864
Lincoln County, Missouri
DiedJuly 9, 1949(1949-07-09) (aged 84)
Eureka, Missouri

Elliott Woolfolk Major (October 20, 1864 – July 9, 1949) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Pike County, Missouri, who served as the 25th Attorney General of Missouri and the 33rd Governor of Missouri.

Biography

Born in 1864 in Lincoln County, Missouri, Elliott Major attended Lincoln County public schools. He then went to Watson Seminary in Pike County. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1885. Major's political rise began with a seat in the Missouri Senate, which he held between 1897 and 1901. Between 1909 and 1913 he was Attorney General of Missouri. In November 1912 he was elected the new governor of his state.

Major took up his new post on January 13, 1913. Several new agencies emerged in Missouri during his four-year tenure. These included the Highway Commission, a pardon committee, assistance to the blind, and a public services committee. In addition, the state flag of Missouri was officially presented and introduced at that time, and various labor laws were introduced.

After his tenure ended in January 1917, Major retired from politics and returned to practice as a lawyer. His office was in St. Louis. He was married to Elizabeth Myers, with whom he had three children. He died on July 9, 1949, in Eureka, Missouri, and was buried in the Bowling Green City Cemetery at Bowling Green, Missouri.

References

  1. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. 1999. p. 514516. ISBN 978-0-8262-1222-1.
  2. Official Manual. State of Missouri 2021-2022. Missouri Secretary of State. 2021. p. 38.
  3. "Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  4. Labor Legislation of 1915 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 186, P.205-208

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Party political offices
Preceded byEdward Coke Crow Democratic nominee for Missouri Attorney General
1904, 1908 		Succeeded byJohn Tull Barker
Preceded byWilliam S. Cowherd Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri
1912 		Succeeded byFrederick D. Gardner
Legal offices
Preceded byHerbert S. Hadley Missouri State Attorney General
1909–1913 		Succeeded byJohn Tull Barker
Political offices
Preceded byHerbert S. Hadley Governor of Missouri
1913–1917 		Succeeded byFrederick D. Gardner
Governors of Missouri
Territorial
(1805–1820)
State
(since 1820)
Attorneys general of Missouri
  1. Edward Bates (1820–1821)
  2. Rufus Easton (1821–1826)
  3. Robert William Wells (1826–1836)
  4. William Barclay Napton (1836–1839)
  5. Samuel Bay (1839–1845)
  6. B. F. Stringfellow (1845–1849)
  7. William A. Robards (1849–1851)
  8. James B. Gardenhire (1851–1857)
  9. Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1857–1858)
  10. J. Proctor Knott (1858–1861)
  11. Aikman Welch (1861–1864)
  12. T. T. Crittenden (1864–1865)
  13. Robert Wingate (1865–1869)
  14. Horace B. Johnson (1869–1871)
  15. Andrew Baker (1871–1872)
  16. Henry Ewing (1872–1875)
  17. John A. Hockaday (1875–1877)
  18. Jackson Smith (1877–1881)
  19. Daniel McIntyre (1881–1885)
  20. Banton Boone (1885–1889)
  21. John M. Wood (1889–1893)
  22. Robert F. Walker (1893–1897)
  23. Edward Coke Crow (1897–1905)
  24. Herbert S. Hadley (1905–1909)
  25. Elliott Woolfolk Major (1909–1913)
  26. John Barker (1913–1917)
  27. Frank McAllister (1917–1921)
  28. Jesse W. Barrett (1921–1925)
  29. Robert Otto (1925)
  30. North Gentry (1925–1928)
  31. Stratton Shartel (1928–1933)
  32. Roy McKittrick (1933–1945)
  33. Jonathan E. Taylor (1945–1953)
  34. John M. Dalton (1953–1961)
  35. Thomas Eagleton (1961–1965)
  36. Norman H. Anderson (1965–1969)
  37. John Danforth (1969–1977)
  38. John Ashcroft (1977–1985)
  39. William L. Webster (1985–1993)
  40. Jay Nixon (1993–2009)
  41. Chris Koster (2009–2017)
  42. Josh Hawley (2017–2019)
  43. Eric Schmitt (2019–2023)
  44. Andrew Bailey (2023–present)


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