James B. Frazier Jr.

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James Beriah Frazier Jr. (June 23, 1890 – October 30, 1978) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Tennessee. Born in Chattanooga, he was the son of James B. Frazier, a former Tennessee governor and U.S. senator. He attended local schools, Baylor Preparatory School, the University of Virginia, and Chattanooga College of Law, graduating in 1914 and beginning his law practice in Chattanooga.

Frazier served in World War I, entering the U.S. Army in 1917 and leaving in 1919 with the rank of Major. He later became the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, serving from 1933 to 1948. He married Elizabeth Hope in 1939, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Hope Frazier.

As a Democrat, Frazier was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Tennessee’s 3rd district, and served from 1949 to 1963. He did not win renomination in 1962 and returned to practicing law in Chattanooga. He was a signatory of the 1956 Southern Manifesto, which opposed desegregation of public schools.

Frazier died in Chattanooga in 1978 at the age of 88 and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.