Donald M. Fraser

A Representative from Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. , February 20, 1924. Educated in the public schools. Graduated from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1944 while in Naval R. O. T. C. Served in the Pacific Theater as a radar officer, 1944-1946. Graduated in law from the University of Minnesota in 1948. Was admitted to the bar in 1948 and began the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minn. Member of the Minnesota state senate, 1954-1962. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. Elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1979 for the two-year term commencing January 1980. Reelected to a four-year term in 1981 and 1985. Died on June 2, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minn.