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Doctor Charles Fraser, Jr. (D9) Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna and Union Counties 1816-1820 

Doctor Charles Fraser, Jr., born March 3, 1778, Green River, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York; son of Charles, Sr. and Obedience Tyler Fraser; married, Mary Lord Fraser, 1809, children, Justice Philip Fraser, Justice Franklin Fraser, Ann L. Fraser; appointee gubernatorial, prothonotary, clerk of the courts, register, recorder, Susquehanna County, 1812-1816; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1816-1820; died, February 4, 1834, Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown.  

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointee gubernatorial, Governor Simon Snyder, prothonotary, clerk of the courts, register, recorder, Susquehanna County, 1812-1816.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district, Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union Counties, 1816-1820.

Legacy:

Son, Philip Fraser, Mayor of Jacksonville, 1855-1856; District Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1862-1876.

Son, Florida Supreme Court Justice Franklin Fraser, 1873-1874.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: From a Period Preceding Its Settlement to Recent Times, Including the Annals and Geography of Each Township with Maps and Numerous Illustrations; Also, a Sketch of Woman's Work in the County for the United States Sanitary Commission, and a List of the Soldiers of the National Army Furnished by Many of the Townships; Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger, 1873 - Susquehanna County (Pennsylvania) - 640 pages; Emily C. Blackman, page 41.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)