Hillman Terome Frazier

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Hillman T. Frazier
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Frazier in 2009
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 8, 1993
Personal details
Born (1950-07-17) July 17, 1950 (age 74)
Hinds County, Mississippi
Political party Democratic
SpouseJean
Residence Jackson, Mississippi
Alma mater Jackson State University
George Washington University
Occupation consultant

Hillman Terome Frazier (born July 17, 1950) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate; he has represented the 27th District since 1993. A Protestant, he is married to the former Jean Clayton. From 1980 until 1993 he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives; he has also previously participated in Leadership Jackson. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Hillman Terome Frazier as a U.S.A. Eisenhower Fellow in 1998.

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He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He has been a Prince Hall Mason. [1] In 1995, he alerted the Mississippi legislature to the fact that the state had never ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlawing slavery, after which the legislature voted to ratify the amendment. [2] [3]

Education

State Senate Committee Membership

References

  1. ↑ Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (June 2009). Mississippi Black History Makers. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-60473-390-7.
  2. ↑ 130 Years After Civil War, Mississippi Senate Votes To Ban Slavery
  3. ↑ Ben Waldron (February 18, 2013). "Mississippi Officially Abolishes Slavery, Ratifies 13th Amendment". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.


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