James B. Frazier


James Beriah Frazier was an American politician who served as 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 states debt and enacted mine safety regulations. The controversial manner in which he was elected to the U.S. Senate created a critical rift in the states Democratic Party that lasted into the 1910s.

Frazier was born in Pikeville, Tennessee, the son of Thomas and Margaret Frazier. In 1867, his family moved to Davidson County, where his father had been appointed to a criminal court judgeship. Frazier attended Franklin College near Nashville, and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, and moved to Chattanooga to practice law that same year.

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