Elliot Woolfolk Major
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Elliot Woolfolk Major (October 20, 1864 – July 9, 1949) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Pike County, Missouri.
[edit] 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 1912.[1] He died in 1949 at Eureka, Missouri and is buried at the City Cemetery at Bowling Green, Missouri.
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- ^ "Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major". National Governors Association. http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=acd13fbba1c4a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
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| Preceded by Herbert S. Hadley |
Missouri State Attorney General 1909–1913 |
Succeeded by John Tull Barker |
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| Preceded by Herbert S. Hadley |
Governor of Missouri 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by Frederick D. Gardner |
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