Frazier Reams
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Frazier Reams | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district | |
| In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Henry Burke |
| Succeeded by | Thomas L. Ashley |
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| Born | Henry Frazier Reams January 15, 1897 Independent |
| Relations | Frazier Reams Jr. (son) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1918–1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Henry Frazier Reams Sr. (January 15, 1897 – September 15, 1971) was an
Life and career
Reams was born in
In 1920, Reams was licensed to practice law in Tennessee. In 1922, he moved to
From 1933 to 1937, Reams served as prosecutor of
In 1935, Reams got into a public dispute with Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge Roy R. Stuart. A grand jury convened by County Prosecutor Reams had issued indictments of two brothers of Toledo Mayor Addison Q. Thacher, a Republican, on charges related to welfare payments and bank closings. Judge Stuart ordered the dismissal of the grand jury and Reams filed an "affidavit of prejudice," which prevented Stuart from hearing any criminal matter until the accusation of prejudice could be heard.
In 1936, Reams sought the Democratic nomination for the office of Ohio Attorney General, but he lost to Herbert S. Duffy.
In 1937, Reams formed the law firm Reams, Bretherton & Neipp. His partners were Thomas A. Bretherton and Morton Neipp, both of whom had worked for him in the prosecutor's office.
In 1938, Reams founded Toledo's second radio station, WTOL. He added an FM sister in 1949, WTOL-FM. In 1957, he signed on Toledo's second television station, WTOL-TV. He sold the television station in 1966, but his family kept the radio stations well into the 1990s.
From 1939 to 1945 he served on the
In 1944, Reams sought the Democratic nomination for
In 1950, Reams, according to his New York Times obituary,
In 1951, Reams served as a delegate to the
From 1937 to 1960, Reams served on the board of the Community Broadcasting Co. (the operator of WTOL and WCWA radio and
After his retirement, Reams moved to San Mateo, California. He died in Oakland, California in 1971 and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio).
Reams's son, Frazier Reams Jr., was the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor in 1966.
See also
Sources
- United States Congress. "Frazier Reams (id: R000100)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ No author. "Frazier Reams; Served in House." New York Times [New York, N.Y.], 16 Sept. 1971, p. 46.
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