FRAZIER, Lynn Joseph (1874-1947)
Republican of North Dakota 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1923-1941
Biography
a Senator from North Dakota; born near Medford, Steele County, Minn., December 21, 1874; moved to Dakota Territory (now North Dakota) in 1881 with his parents, who homesteaded in Pembina County; attended the country schools; graduated from Mayville State Normal School, North Dakota, in 1895, and from the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks in 1901; engaged in agricultural pursuits; Governor of North Dakota 1917-1921; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and in 1934 and served from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses); resumed his agricultural pursuits; died January 11, 1947, in Riverdale, Md.; interment in Park Cemetery, Hoople, N.Dak.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
