James Earl Major: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox judgeofficeholder

| name = JamesJ. Earl Major

| image = James Earl Major Illinois politician.jpg

| education = [[Illinois College of Law]]<br>, subsequently acquired by [[readDePaul lawUniversity]]

'''James Earl Major''' (January 5, 1887 – January 4, 1972) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He served as a [[United States Representativerepresentative]] from [[Illinois]], a [[United States federal judge|United States Circuitcircuit Judgejudge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] and a United States Districtdistrict Judgejudge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois]].

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 was nominated by President Roosevelt on March 9, 1937, to a seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] vacated by Judge [[Louis FitzHenry]]. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1937, and received his commission on March 23, 1937. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1954 and served as a member of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]] from 1949 to 1954. He assumed [[senior status]] on March 23, 1956.

==Death==
Major His service terminateddied on January 4, 1972, due to his death 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

{{USRepSuccessionBoxUS House succession box|state=Illinois|district=21|before=[[Loren E. Wheeler]]|years=1923–1925|after=[[Loren E. Wheeler]]}}

{{USRepSuccessionBoxUS House succession box|state=Illinois|district=21|before=[[Loren E. Wheeler]]|years=1927–1929|after=[[Frank M. Ramey]]}}

{{USRepSuccessionBoxUS House succession box|state=Illinois|district=21|before=[[Frank M. Ramey]]|years=1931–1933|after=[[Harry H. Mason]]}}

{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Louis FitzHenry]]}}