James B. Frazier

For his son, see James B. Frazier, Jr..

James Beriah Frazier
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office March 21, 1905 – March 4, 1911
Preceded by	William B. Bate
Succeeded by	Luke Lea
Personal details
Born	October 18, 1856(1856-10-18) Pikeville, Tennessee
Died	March 28, 1937(1937-03-28) (aged 80) Chattanooga, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was the 25th Governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911.

Biography

Frazier was the son of a judge and a native of Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1878 and admitted to the bar in 1881, commencing practice in Chattanooga. A prosperous attorney, he was elected governor in 1902 as a Democrat. There were further reforms in education during his term as governor, and he was elected to a second two-year term in 1904. However, he served only two months of it. When U.S. Senator William B. Bate died in office, he arranged to have himself appointed to the vacant seat, resigning as governor on March 21, 1905. He was succeeded as governor by Speaker of the Tennessee Senate John I. Cox. He served as U.S. Senator until 1911. Unable to convince the state legislature to grant him another term (U.S. Senators were chosen by state legislatures until the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment), he returned to his Chattanooga law practice, dying in that city in 1937 and being buried in its Forest Hill Cemetery.

His son, James B. Frazier, Jr. was a United States Representative from Tennessee.

External links

• James B. Frazier at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Benton McMillin	Governor of Tennessee 1903-1905	Succeeded by John I. Cox
United States Senate
Preceded by William B. Bate	United States Senator (Class 1) from Tennessee 1905-1911 Served alongside: Edward W. Carmack, Robert L. Taylor	Succeeded by Luke Lea