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  Frazier, Jr., James B.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameJames B. Frazier, Jr.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee , United States
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Born June 23, 1890
DiedOctober 30, 1978 (88 years)
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Sep 20, 2015 03:54am
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Info born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., June 23, 1890; educated in the public schools and Baylor Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from Chattanooga College of Law in 1914; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced the practice of law in Chattanooga, Tenn.; during the First World War volunteered for service on April 21, 1917, and was discharged as a major in March 1919; appointed United States attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee on September 25, 1933, and served until his resignation on April 12, 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he died October 30, 1978; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery.



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Father James B. Frazier 1856-1937

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  08/02/1962 TN District 3 - D Primary Lost 48.04% (-0.36%)
  11/08/1960 TN District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/04/1960 TN District 3 - D Primary Won 63.21% (+26.42%)
  11/04/1958 TN - District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1956 TN District 03 Won 53.74% (+7.49%)
  11/02/1954 TN District 3 Won 59.18% (+18.35%)
  11/04/1952 TN District 3 Won 70.02% (+40.04%)
  08/07/1952 TN District 3 - D Primary Won 65.69% (+44.96%)
  11/07/1950 TN - District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/03/1950 TN District 3 - D Primary Won 66.03% (+32.46%)
  11/02/1948 TN - District 03 Won 67.34% (+36.08%)
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