Donald M. Fraser

Donald M. Fraser (1977)

Donald MacKay Fraser (born February 20, 1924 in Minneapolis , Minnesota - † June 2, 2019 ibid) was an American politician .

Fraser studied until 1944 as part of the Naval ROTC at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. From 1944 to 1946 he served as a radar officer in the Pacific Ocean . He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1948 and was admitted to the bar that same year. Fraser was now practicing in Minneapolis.

From 1954 to 1962 he was a member of the Minnesota Senate . Then Fraser moved to Congress , in which he was elected as a candidate for the Democratic Farmer Labor Party . There he represented the state of Minnesota in the House of Representatives of the United States from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1979 . In 1978 he declined to run again for a seat in the House of Representatives and instead tried to be elected to the United States Senate. However, this project failed; he was already defeated in the primary by the Democrats Bob Short , who then lost the Senate election against the Republican David Durenberger . 1979 Fraser was elected Mayor of Minneapolis for a two-year term beginning January 1980 . In 1981 and 1985 he was re-elected for a four-year term. Fraser lived in Minneapolis until his death in June 2019.

Web links

• Donald M. Fraser in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mara Klecker: A Minnesota politician for four decades, Don Fraser dies at 95. In: Star Tribune , June 3, 2019. Accessed June 3, 2019.