Preceded by Estes Kefauver Name James Frazier, Succeeded by Bill Brock Citizenship United States Role Politician Battles and wars World War I | Political party Democratic Education University of Virginia Resigned January 3, 1963 Profession Attorney Party Democratic Party | |
Born June 23, 1890
Chattanooga, Tennessee ( 1890-06-23 ) Spouse(s) Catherine Elizabeth Hope Frazier Alma mater University of Virginia
Chattanooga College of Law Died October 30, 1978, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | ||
James Beriah Frazier Jr. (June 23, 1890 – October 30, 1978) was a U.S. Democratic politician.
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Biography
Frazier was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His father was James B. Frazier, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. His mother was Louise Douglas (Keith) Frazier. He was educated in the public schools and Baylor Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and was graduated from Chattanooga College of Law in 1914. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he began his practice of law in Chattanooga.
Career
During the First World War, Frazier volunteered for service in the United States Army on April 21, 1917, and was discharged as a major in March 1919. Frazier was appointed United States attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee on September 25, 1933, and served until his resignation on April 12, 1948. He married Elizabeth Hope on March 30, 1939, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Hope Frazier.
Elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, Frazier served from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1963. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga.
Death
Frazier died in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, on October 30, 1978 (age 88 years, 129 days). He is interred at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.