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]
1921, north, dakota, gubernatorial, recall, election, related, races, 1921, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, recall, election, north, dakota, governor, lynn, frazier, 1921, frazier, first, governor, ever, successfully, recalled, from, office, there, w. For related races see 1921 United States gubernatorial elections 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 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election 1920 October 28 1921 1922 Nominee Ragnvald Nestos Lynn FrazierParty Republican IVA Non Partisan LeaguePopular vote 111 425 107 332Percentage 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 electionLynn FrazierNon Partisan League Elected Governor Ragnvald A NestosRepublican IVA Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesBackground editThe recall stemmed from the conflict between the socialist leaning Nonpartisan League of which Governor Frazier was a member and the Independent Voters Association a conservative and pro free 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 editNorth Dakota gubernatorial election 1921 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican IVA Ragnvald A Nestos 111 425 50 9Non Partisan League Lynn Frazier incumbent 107 332 49 1Margin of victory 4 093 1 8Total votes 218 757 100Republican IVA gain from Non Partisan LeagueIn 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 edit1978 Cleveland mayoral recall election 2003 California gubernatorial recall election 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election 2021 California gubernatorial recall electionReferences edit a b Special Recall Election Oct 28 1921 PDF North Dakota Secretary of State October 28 1921 Retrieved March 9 2016 a b c North Dakota to Vote October 28 on Recall Aimed at Gov Frazier and Townley League The New York Times September 17 1921 p 1 Helm Merry October 28 2003 Dakota Datebook Ragnvold Nestos Prairie Public Retrieved July 10 2017 nbsp This North Dakota elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election amp oldid 1181771182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
