James B. Frazier Jr.

James Beriah Frazier Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963
Preceded byEstes Kefauver
Succeeded byBill Brock
Personal details
BornJune 23, 1890 (1890-06-23)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
DiedOctober 30, 1978 (1978-10-31) (aged 88)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Citizenship United States
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCatherine Elizabeth Hope Frazier
Alma materUniversity of Virginia Chattanooga College of Law
ProfessionAttorney
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of serviceApril 21, 1917 - March 1919
Rank Major
Battles/warsWorld War I

James Beriah Frazier Jr. (June 23, 1890 – October 30, 1978) was a U.S. Democratic politician.

Early life

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 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.[1] He married Elizabeth Hope on March 30, 1939, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Hope Frazier.[2]

Elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, Frazier served from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1963.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga.

He was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "James B. Frazier Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ^ "James B. Frazier Jr". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  3. ^ "James B. Frazier Jr". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ^ "James B. Frazier Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district
1949–1963 		Succeeded by