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James Frazier, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 23, 1890 in Chattanooga, TN
Died: October 30, 1978 in Chattanooga, TN

Education:

  • Chattanooga College of Law, 1914

Military Service:

  • 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • U.S. Attorney for Eastern TN, 1933-1948

Other notes:

  • Son of James Frazier


Election Results for James Frazier, Jr.


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 58 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,864 53.6%
1948 58 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 44,683 67.3%
1950 60 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,623 66.0%
1950 60 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 23,807 100.0%
1952 62 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,190 65.7%
1952 62 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,473 70.0%
1954 64 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,554 100.0%
1954 64 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 30,558 59.2%
1956 66 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,246 100.0%
1956 66 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 55,715 53.7%
1958 68 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,360 100.0%
1958 68 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 31,267 100.0%
1960 70 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 43,578 63.2%
1960 70 TN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,827 100.0%
1962 72 TN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 35,786 48.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for James Frazier, Jr.


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1949 59 House 77 21 D 94 69
1950 60 House 66 21 D 78 47
1951 61 House 78 15 D 88 54
1952 62 House 57 18 D 74 29
1953 63 House 79 13 R 56 89 70
1954 64 House 77 13 R 39 39 87 100
1955 65 House 77 10 R 49 39 88 80
1956 66 House 91 9 R 59 41 100 71
1957 67 House 69 27 R 43 55 98 33
1958 68 House 76 19 R 56 38 97 67
1959 69 House 64 18 83 8 R 35 59 86 63
1960 70 House 32 58 53 18 R 44 35 76 56
1961 71 House 48 35 71 12 D 75 12 82 50 36
1962 72 House 31 31 46 9 D 50 10 50 40 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.