Victor O. Frazer (born May 24, 1943) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district as an independent from 1995 to 1997.
Early life and education
Victor O. Frazer was born in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, on May 24, 1943, as one of ten children of Albert Frazer and Amanda Blyden. He graduated from Charlotte Amalie High School in 1960. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fisk University in 1964, and a Juris Doctor from Howard University in 1971.
Career
Frazer was admitted to the bars of New York, Maryland, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Colombia. He worked for the Attorney General for the District of Columbia from 1974 to 1978, and then as a banker and lawyer for the Interstate Commerce Commission and United States Patent and Trademark Office. From 1987 to 1989, he was general counsel to the water and power authority in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Frazer worked as an administrative assistant and counsel to U.S. Representatives Mervyn Dymally and as a special assistant to U.S. Representative John Conyers.
Delegate
Elections
In the 1992 election Frazer ran against incumbent Ron de Lugo for a seat in the United States House of Representatives as a non-voting delegate from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district, but lost.
De Lugo retired for the 1994 election. Frazer placed second behind Democratic nominee Eileen R. Petersen in the initial election, but defeated her in the runoff. He lost to Democratic nominee Donna Christensen in the 1996 runoff election and unsuccessfully requested a recount. He lost to Christensen in the 1998 election.
Frazer initially ran in the 2000 election, but withdrew on September 21, 2000, as he viewed voters as unsophisticated. In the 2008 election Frazer sought the Democratic nomination against Christensen, but lost.
Tenure
During Frazer's tenure in the U.S. House he served on the Committee on International Relations. Despite being elected as an independent he chose to caucus with the House Democratic Caucus. He was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Frazer was a member of congressional delegations that went to a Cuban refugee camp at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and to examine the issue of missing in action soldiers in Vietnam. He visited eleven countries during his tenure. Ebony listed Frazer as one of the 100 most influential black American's in May 1996.
Later life
Frazer opened a consulting firm in the D.C. after leaving Congress.
Personal life
Frazer has two children.
Political positions
Frazer supported raising the federal minimum wage.
Electoral history
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| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1992
| United States House of Representatives (USVI at-large)
| style="background-color:;";" |
| Independent
| colspan=3
| 8,913
| 38.76%
| 2nd
|
|
|-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1994
| United States House of Representatives (USVI at-large)
| style="background-color:;";" |
| Independent
| colspan=3
| 16,561
| 54.52%
| 1st
|
|
|-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1996
| United States House of Representatives (USVI at-large)
| style="background-color:;";" |
| Independent
| colspan=3
| 11,913
| 48.07%
| 2nd
|
|
|-
| style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1998
| United States House of Representatives (USVI at-large)
| style="background-color:;";" |
| Independent
| colspan=3
| 5,983
| 19.79%
| 2nd
|
|
|-
|}
See also
- List of African-American United States representatives