James B. Frazier

James Beriah Frazier
Portrait of Frazier by Lloyd Branson
United States Senator
from Tennessee
In office
March 21, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byWilliam B. Bate
Succeeded byLuke Lea
28th Governor of Tennessee
In office
January 19, 1903 – March 21, 1905
Preceded byBenton McMillin
Succeeded byJohn I. Cox
Personal details
Born
James Beriah Frazier

(1856-10-18)October 18, 1856
Pikeville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 28, 1937(1937-03-28) (aged 80)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLouise Keith (m. 1883)
Children4 (including James B. Frazier Jr.)
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (BA, 1878)
ProfessionAttorney

James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905, and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor, he reduced the state's debt and enacted mine safety regulations. He also attempted to control whitecapping.[1]

The controversial manner in which the state legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate[a] created a critical rift in the state's Democratic Party that lasted into the 1910s.[2]

  1. ^ John Thweatt, "James Beriah Frazier," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 239-242.


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