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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James Earl Major
| image =
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| state = [[Illinois]]▼
| district = [[Illinois's 21st congressional district|21st]]
| term_start = March 4, 1923
| term_end = March 3, 1925
| district2 = 21st
| term_start2 = March 4, 1927
| term_end2 = March 3, 1929
| district3 = 21st
| term_start3 = March 4, 1931
| term_end3 = October 6, 1933
| office4 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois]]
| term_start4 = 1934
| term_end4 = 1937
| nominator4 = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| predecessor4 = [[Louis Fitzhenry]]
| successor4 = [[J. Leroy Adair]]
| office5 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]]
| term_start5 = 1937
| term_end5 = 1956
| nominator5 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| predecessor5 = Louis Fitzhenry
| successor5 = [[John Simpson Hastings]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Donnellson, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|1|4|1887|1|5}}
| death_place = [[Hillsboro, Illinois]], U.S.
| resting_place = Oak Grove Cemetery
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
}}
'''James Earl Major''' (January 5, 1887 – January 4, 1972) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Illinois]] and a [[United States federal judge]].
Born in [[Donnellson, Illinois]], Major attended the common and high schools of his native city. He graduated from [[Brown's Business College]] in 1907 and from the [[Illinois College of Law]] at Chicago in 1909. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1910 and commenced the practice of law in [[Hillsboro, Illinois]] in 1912. He served as prosecuting attorney of [[Montgomery County, Illinois]] from 1912 to 1920.
Major was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[68th United States Congress|Sixty-eighth]] 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|Sixty-ninth]] Congress. He resumed the practice of the legal profession in [[Hillsboro, Illinois]], until he was elected to the [[70th United States Congress|Seventieth]] 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|Seventy-first]] Congress, but was elected to the [[72nd United States Congress|Seventy-second]]
▲Major was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[68th United States Congress|Sixty-eighth]] 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|Sixty-ninth]] Congress. He resumed the practice of the legal profession in [[Hillsboro, Illinois]], until he was elected to the [[70th United States Congress|Seventieth]] 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|Seventy-first]] Congress, but was elected to the [[72nd United States Congress|Seventy-second]] Congress, and to the [[73rd United States Congress|Seventy-third]] Congress and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation October 6, 1933, having been appointed to the bench. During his final term, he was one of the managers appointed by the 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]].
On June 12, 1933, Major received a [[recess appointment]] from President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois]] vacated by [[Louis FitzHenry]]. Formally nominated on January 8, 1934, Major was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on January 23, 1934, and received his commission on January 26, 1934.
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On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt nominated Major for elevation to a seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] also vacated by [[Louis FitzHenry]]. Major was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 17, 1937, and received his commission on March 23, 1937. He served as chief judge from 1948 to 1954, assuming [[senior status]] on March 23, 1956. He thereafter served part time as senior judge on the Court of Appeals and various United States district courts.
He resided in
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