1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election

1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election

← 1920 October 28, 1921 1922 →

Nominee Ragnvald Nestos Lynn Frazier Party Republican/IVA Non-Partisan League Popular vote 111,425 107,332 Percentage 50.94% 49.06%

County results[1] Nestos:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Frazier:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Governor before election Lynn Frazier Non-Partisan League Elected Governor Ragnvald A. Nestos Republican/IVA

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The 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election was a recall election of North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier in 1921. Frazier was the first U.S. governor ever successfully recalled from office; there would not be another successful recall of a governor until California Governor Gray Davis was recalled in 2003.

Background[]

The recall stemmed from the conflict between the allegedly socialist-leaning Nonpartisan League, of which Governor Frazier was a member, and the Independent Voters Association, a conservative and pro-market faction. Frazier and his party supported state ownership of industries, while the IVA opposed it. A dispute broke out specifically over government ownership of the Bank of North Dakota and State Mill and Elevator.^[2]

By September, the campaigners had been able to gather 73,000 names on petitions asking for the recall of Frazier, Attorney General William Lemke, and Commissioner of Agriculture John Hagan. These men made up the Industrial Commission, which acts as a board of directors for the state-owned entities.^[2] The date of the recall was set for October 28, 1921.^[2]

Results[]

In the October 28 vote, Ragnvald A. Nestos was elected as governor by a margin of 4,093.^[3] He was sworn in on November 23.

See also[]

• 1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election
• 2003 California gubernatorial recall election
• 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election
• 2021 California gubernatorial recall election

References[]

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