 Frazier was appointed United States attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee on September 25, 1933, and served until his resignation on April 12, 1948.He married Elizabeth Hope on March 30, 1939, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth Hope Frazier.Elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, Frazier served from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1963.