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Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#522.95.53">Major B. Coxson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#247.51.20">Charles Major Dorsey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunckel-dunklin.html#493.99.96">Major L. Dunham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#129.16.48">Major J. Foster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#936.81.23">Alfred Theodore Goodwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harding.html#325.00.41">Major B. Harding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#816.85.11">Major M. Hillard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#228.28.75">Major F. Irwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#410.18.34">Major Lea</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#416.13.18">Albert Major Lea</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#444.92.20">Major J. Lilly</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#026.37.26">Major D. Macfarlan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#332.88.93">Major McVeagh</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#030.03.90">Major Robert Odell Owens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#938.44.88">James Burriss Pruitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwood-rodeyn.html#132.89.59">Major L. Rodd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#233.68.43">Major W. Seery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#462.83.15">Major H. Smith</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="898.10.19">Major, Alan S.</a> — of Lehman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="820.91.85">Major, Alphonse</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 5th District, 1894; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1916-election.html">1916</a>; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1920-election.html">1920</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Kings County 18th District, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="021.03.90">Major, Benjamin Porter</a> (born c.1815) — also known as Benjamin P. Major — of Missouri. Born about 1815. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 16th District; elected 1842. In 1842, as state senator, he introduced a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt; it was enacted and signed by the governor in 1843. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Cousin *** of <a href="#011.84.98">Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#539.73.15">Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forde-forlenza.html#509.85.36">Pryor J. Foree</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11604.html">Major family</a> of Fayette, Missouri.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="474.73.26">Major, Bobby</a> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/LA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="411.85.68">Major, Carolyn P.</a> — Independence candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#478.24.30">Brock Pierce</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#082.09.25">Karla Ballard</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="351.09.41">Major, Conley R.</a> — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="315.77.86">Major, David M.</a> — of Bowie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MG-lived.html">Montague County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/bowie.html">Mayor of Bowie, Tex.</a>, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="560.19.29">Major, Deborah D.</a> — of Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Williamsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/NY.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="108.06.77">Major, E. P.</a> — of New Roads, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/PC-lived.html">Pointe Coupee Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/LA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Major, Earl See <a href="#846.94.82">James Earl Major</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.79.59">Major, Elliot Woolfolk</a> (1864-1949) — also known as Elliot W. Major — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Mo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in Edgewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-20.html">October 20, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 11th District, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/attygn.html">Missouri state attorney general</a>, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1913-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">cardiac insufficiency</a> due to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">chronic myocarditis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">arteriosclerosis</a>, aggravated by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">very hot and humid weather</a>, in St. Joseph's Hill <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, near Eureka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/07-09.html">July 9, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-buried.html# ">Bowling Green City Cemetery</a>, Bowling Green, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Reed Major and Sarah Taylor (Woolfolk) Major; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-14.html">June 14, 1887</a>, to Elizabeth Myers; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#003.73.50">Edgar Bailey Woolfolk</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#914.34.65">Edmund Pendleton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#449.26.42">Coleby Chew</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#015.69.29">James Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#765.25.89">William Taylor Madison</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#262.89.36">Richard Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#010.52.17">Francis Lightfoot Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#361.64.36">Arthur Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#782.20.92">John Penn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#501.20.13">John Pendleton Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#405.60.08">Nathaniel Pendleton</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#015.73.11">Peyton Randolph</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#346.86.17">Thomas Sim Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee4.html#665.18.18">Henry Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee2.html#558.92.01">Charles Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee7.html#872.48.41">Richard Bland Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#856.08.16">Edmund Jennings Lee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#617.96.54">Philip Clayton Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#553.69.40">Edmund Henry Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#102.85.12">Nathanael Greene Pendleton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#515.52.58">St. Clair Ballard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#895.73.40">Lewis Ballard</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>..</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/elliot-woolfolk-major/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7277603">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="399.23.76">Major, Erwin</a> — of Standish, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AR-lived.html">Arenac County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MI.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="848.09.00">Major, Guy G.</a> (1859-1912) — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/10-19.html">October 19, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/toledo.html">Mayor of Toledo, Ohio</a>, 1893-97. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, at the New York Club, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-30.html">January 30, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms00445">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Toledo, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6796574">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Major, J. Earl See <a href="#846.94.82">James Earl Major</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.56.47">Major, J. N.</a> — of Redding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SH-lived.html">Shasta County</a>, Calif. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/redding.html#2">Redding, Calif.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.73.00">Major, James</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/WI-lived.html">White County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/IN.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="846.94.82">Major, James Earl</a> (1887-1972) — also known as J. Earl Major — of Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ill. Born in Donnellson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/01-05.html">January 5, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-officials.html">Montgomery County State's Attorney</a>, 1912-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 21st District, 1923-25, 1927-29, 1931-33; defeated, 1920, 1924, 1928; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois</a>, 1933-37; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit</a>, 1937-56; took senior status 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died in Hillsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/01-04.html">January 4, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MY-buried.html#cms00781">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Hillsboro, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles R. Major and Emma (Jones) Major; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-13.html">August 13, 1913</a>, to Ruth Wafer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000073">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407101">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1467&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/major-james-earl">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="917.37.72">Major, James M.</a> — of Boonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CP-lived.html">Cooper County</a>, Mo. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/boonville.html#2">Boonville, Mo.</a>, 1843-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="527.07.02">Major, John C.</a> — of Oklahoma. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention</a>, 1907. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/LO-buried.html#cms06426">Mulhall City Cemetery</a>, Mulhall, Okla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/MJ.html">Major County, Okla.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="378.86.20">Major, Maryann H.</a> — Independence candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#478.24.30">Brock Pierce</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#082.09.25">Karla Ballard</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="441.98.87">Major, O. G.</a> — of Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/SE-lived.html">Steele County</a>, N.Dak. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/ND.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Major, Sam C. See <a href="#539.73.15">Samuel Collier Major</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="011.84.98">Major, Samuel Collier</a> (1840-1894) — also known as Samuel C. Major — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/11-24.html">November 24, 1840</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1877-80, 1889-92 (7th District 1877-80, 9th District 1889-92); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Howard County; elected 1880. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-12.html">April 12, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-buried.html#cms03290">Fayette City Cemetery</a>, Fayette, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#539.73.15">Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931)</a>; cousin *** of <a href="#021.03.90">Benjamin Porter Major</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forde-forlenza.html#509.85.36">Pryor J. Foree</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11604.html">Major family</a> of Fayette, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875074">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="539.73.15">Major, Samuel Collier</a> (1869-1931) — also known as Samuel C. Major; Sam C. Major — of Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo. Born in Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-born.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-02.html">July 2, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-officials.html">Howard County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1892; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 14th District, 1907-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1919-21, 1923-29, 1931; defeated, 1916, 1920, 1928; died in office 1931; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MO.html">1928</a>. Died in Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-died.html">Howard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-28.html">July 28, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-buried.html#cms03290">Fayette City Cemetery</a>, Fayette, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#011.84.98">Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/12-17.html">December 17, 1895</a>, to Elizabeth M. Simpson; first cousin once removed of <a href="#021.03.90">Benjamin Porter Major</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forde-forlenza.html#509.85.36">Pryor J. Foree</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11604.html">Major family</a> of Fayette, Missouri.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000074">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407102">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7875054">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.78.81">Major, Scott R.</a> — Independence candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#796.53.07">Gary E. Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welcome-wellborn.html#385.97.08">William F. Weld</a>); Independence candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#478.24.30">Brock Pierce</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#082.09.25">Karla Ballard</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.31.55">Major, Stan</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 16th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="759.95.08">Major, Stanley E.</a> — of Solvay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/solvay.html">Mayor of Solvay, N.Y.</a>, 1953-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="784.28.40">Major, T. H.</a> — of Forty Fort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/fortyfort.html#3">Forty Fort, Pa.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="263.45.24">Major, W. S.</a> — of near Wessington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/HN-lived.html">Hand County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 23rd District, 1891-94, 1897-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="788.04.82">Major, William P.</a> — of Bergenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/bergenfield.html#2">Bergenfield, N.J.</a>, 1941-72. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> <a name="MAJORAS"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">MAJORAS (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/m.html#M262">Soundex M262</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#ATHENAGORAS">ATHENAGORAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boarman-bodziak.html#BOBORAS">BOBORAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#CASAMAJOR">CASAMAJOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html#DELORAS">DELORAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#DORASTUS">DORASTUS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JORALEMAN">JORALEMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JORALEMON">JORALEMON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jonez-joplin.html#JORAWAR">JORAWAR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#LORAS">LORAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#MAJERUS">MAJERUS</a>, <a href="#MAJOR">MAJOR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#MAJORS">MAJORS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morang-moreaux.html#MORASCO">MORASCO</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#ORAS">ORAS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#ORASMUS">ORASMUS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pryse-puffer.html#PSORAS">PSORAS</a>. </td></tr></table> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="551.00.22">Majoras, Deborah Platt</a> — Republican. 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