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

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Democratic

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Early life

Frazier was born in

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. His father was James B. Frazier, who served as

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from 1903 to 1905 and as a

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from

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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

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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. He married Elizabeth Hope on March 30, 1939, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Hope Frazier. Elected as a Democrat to the

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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. He was a signatory to the 1956

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that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in ''

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Death

Frazier died in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, on October 30, 1978 (age 88 years, 129 days). He is

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at Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

References

External links

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Frazier & Frazier Papers
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries {{DEFAULTSORT:Frazier, James B. 1890 births 1978 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Tennessee Tennessee lawyers Politicians from Chattanooga, Tennessee Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee United States Army officers University of Virginia alumni 20th-century American lawyers Signatories of the Southern Manifesto 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Members of the House Un-American Activities Committee Chattanooga College of Law alumni