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Major was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[68th United States Congress|68th]] [[United States Congress]], serving from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1925. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the [[69th United States Congress|69th]] Congress. He resumed the practice law in Hillsboro until he was elected to the [[70th United States Congress|70th]] Congress, serving from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the [[71st United States Congress|71st]] Congress, but was elected to the [[72nd United States Congress|72nd]] and [[73rd United States Congress|73rd]] Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation on October 6, 1933, having been appointed to the bench. During his final term, he was one of the managers appointed by the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against [[Harold Louderback]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]].<ref name="auto"/>

Major died on January 4, 1972, in Hillsboro, where he had resided.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/> He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.<ref name="auto"/>

* [httphttps://history.montgomeryco.com/Default.aspx?&id=19548&tabid=981 James Earl Major] Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois