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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1921 North Dakota recall
The 1921 North Dakota Recall was a recall election of North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier in 1921.
Frazier was recalled as governor, along with the attorney general and agriculture commissioner at the time.
Ragnvald A. Nestos was elected governor in the recall election.
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  North
Alamo, North Dakota Alamo is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 51.
Alexander, North Dakota Alexander is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 217.
Belcourt, North Dakota Belcourt is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,440.
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 North Dakota. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
North Dakota is one of the most rural states in the nation; the cities and towns supply the needs of neighboring farms, and industry is largely devoted to the processing of agricultural products.
The eastern half of the state is in the central lowlands, a belt of fl earth covered in spring by the soft green of sprouting grain and later by the bronze of flowering wheat or the blue of flax.
When this movement failed in the legislature of 1915, the Nonpartisan League, directed in North Dakota by Arthur C. Townley, was organized on a platform that included state ownership of terminal elevators and flour mills, state inspection of grain and grain dockage, relief of farm improvements from taxation, and rural credit banks operated at cost.
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 Recall election - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Along with the initiative and referendum, it was one of the major electoral reforms advocated by leaders of the Progressive movement in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 1921, North Dakota's Lynn J. Frazier was recalled over a dispute about state-owned industries.
Until Gray Davis' recall in October 2003, no California statewide official had ever been recalled, though there were 117 previous attempts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Representative_recall   (464 words)

  
 Chronology of North Dakota History
Military occupation of North Dakota began with the establishment of Fort Abercrombie on the Red River and the present-day town of Abercrombie; the fort was abandoned in 1877.
North Dakota was admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, and a State Constitution was adopted in October.
North Dakota's wheat crop was the largest to that date and the Legislature passed laws outlawing the death penalty except in cases where prison guards are murdered.
www.state.nd.us /hist/chrono.htm   (6123 words)

  
 1921 North Dakota recall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1921 North Dakota Recall was a recall election of North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier in 1921.
The recall was successful, and Ragnvald A. Nestos was elected as a replacement.
Frazier was the first American governor ever successfully recalled from office; there would not be another successful recall of a governor until California Gov. Gray Davis was recalled and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger in October 2003 (see 2003 California recall).
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 Representative recall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The recall process became available to Americans during the Progressive era reforms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which spread across the United States.
The ability to recall elected officials came along with the initiative and referendum processes as part of an early wave of electoral reforms.
The movement in California was spearheaded by then-Governor Hiram Johnson, a reformist, as a "precautionary measure by which a recalcitrant official can be removed." It was instituted as a way for the populace to fight back against political corruption and the powerful railroads and banks, which had enormous influence on state governments.
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As it was in 1889, North Dakota remains a social, cultural, and economic colony, a producer of raw materials, a consumer of manufactures and capital, and an exporter of educated young people.
For these movements, the goal was returning control of North Dakota's government and economy to the people, and they were not afraid to demand that state government organize and operate banking, insurances, and processing businesses in order to bring the benefits of competition, lower costs, and better services to the people.
North Dakota's basic industry, agriculture, underwent major difficulties in the 1970s and 1980s, again emphasizing that the state was a participant in a world-wide economy.
www.nd.gov /hist/ndhist.htm   (5066 words)

  
 North Dakota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It is situated in the middle of North America, the North Central region of the United States.
Dakota, the name of a Native American confederacy, is an Indian word that means “allies” or “friends." North Dakota has a dry, continental climate with four seasons.
The majority of the 20,000 Native Americans in North Dakota live on the reservation of Standing Rock that is located partly in South Dakota.
www.hunter.cuny.edu /pc2000/NorthDakota.html   (907 words)

  
 The Northern Great Plains
The focus of this study is the development of towns in fourteen north central counties in North Dakota between 1870 and 1920.
This anthology of recent North Dakota writing features the works of fifty writers from across the state, as well as contributions of writers who have shared their concepts of North Dakota in national and international literary spheres.
This book on a Hidatsa family living at Independence, North Dakota, is based on the memories of members of Buffalo Bird Woman's family, including her brother, Wolf Chief, and her son Edward Goodbird, as told to Gilbert L. Wilson in the early part of the twentieth century.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngp_biblio.html   (3516 words)

  
 Recall
Recall is the procedural democracy device that allows voters to discharge and replace a public official.
Recall requires a petition process, yet it needs more signatures than citizen initiatives (typically 25 percent of those voting in the last election for the position of the official to be recalled).
The Articles of Confederation (1781-89) provided for the recall and replacement of delegates appointed by the states even within their one-year terms, although this form of recall was exercised by state legislatures, not by the voters at large.
www.iandrinstitute.org /Recall.htm   (934 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Effort to recall Davis qualifies for statewide ballot
If the recall proceeds according to Shelley's interpretation, the ballot would have two parts: The first section would ask people to vote yes or no on whether to recall Davis and the second would provide a list of candidates to choose from in the event he is recalled.
If a majority of voters support the recall, Davis would be replaced by the candidate with the most votes, meaning a candidate in a large field could be elected governor with a relatively small percentage of the overall vote.
Recall proponents argue that the cost of Davis' mismanagement of the state greatly outweighs the cost of a special election.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20030723-2051-ca-davisrecall.html   (1073 words)

  
 Sydney Nathans: Recall in California
What happened in North Dakota between 1916 and 1921 perhaps telescoped and foreshadowed the process of reform and counter-reformation that is coming to a head now in California in the recall movement against Gov. Gray Davis.
Frustrated farmers of North Dakota suffered in the early 1900s from low crop prices, 25 percent interest rates, and high charges to warehouse their grain.
Tom Contois' thesis on his great-grandfather's recall concluded that "It is really very difficult to change the world, even a small part of it." True enough, but Lynn Frazier would crusade to the last vote for their reform agendas and would insist that ambitious action must follow the California recall vote, however it turns out.
www.dukenews.duke.edu /2003/09/recall0803_print.htm   (498 words)

  
 California recall election, 2003 information - Search.com
In the case of a recall against the governor, the responsibility for scheduling a special election falls on the Lieutenant Governor, which in 2003 was Cruz Bustamante.
On October 7 the recall election was held, and voters decisively voted to recall Davis and to elect Schwarzenegger as his replacement.
The recall process became available to Californians in 1911 by the Progressive Era reforms that spread across the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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 2 Walls Webzine - politics - California Recall and the Big Beat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
California’s recall law was adopted and ratified as a part of that state’s constitution in 1911.
In fact, only one other state, North Dakota, has ever attempted a gubernatorial recall and, in 1921, North Dakotans succeeded in ousting Governor Lynn Frazier in the wake of socialism, scandal, and sorry economics.
I'm not sure which party or political group was primarily responsible for the 1911 recall law, but when Republicans exercised the law earlier this year, the predictable hue and cry that the GOP is using its big money to steal another election, went out.
www.2walls.com /politically/california_recall.asp   (428 words)

  
 Lawrence J. McQuillan on California Recall on National Review Online
Frazier was governor during turbulent times in North Dakota.
The 1921 recall campaign, which drew nationwide attention, was as nasty as one might expect a California campaign to get.
Recalls are rare birds because they result from the confluence of several factors: substantial economic crisis, personal distrust of a once-trusted governor —; there are no worst enemies than former friends — and pursuit of radical tax-spending-regulation schemes without a mandate from the people because they are too divided to issue one.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/mcquillan200309260851.asp   (918 words)

  
 North Gate News Online :: Recalling History: North Dakotans Were First to Fire a Governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
North Dakota and 1921 may seem worlds away from California today, but the driving force behind both of the recall efforts seems to be the same ?
North Dakota was coming off of boom years when the economy went south.
Recall proponents easily gathered the required signatures, and the election was scheduled for that October, 82 years ago.
journalism.berkeley.edu /ngno/stories/001178.html   (812 words)

  
 North Dakota
A boundary acceptable to both north and south was fixed in 1887 and two years later Congress enacted enabling legislation that set the path for the admission of the Dakotas, Washington and Montana.
North Dakota became the 39th state to join the Union and South Dakota the 40th, both on November 2, 1889.
Scandal forced his recall in 1921, but he was promptly voted a Senate seat as a Republican and served there until 1941.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1520.html   (2388 words)

  
 1921 North Dakota recall -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The 1921 North Dakota Recall was a (additional info and facts about recall election) recall election of (additional info and facts about North Dakota Governor) North Dakota Governor (additional info and facts about Lynn Frazier) Lynn Frazier in 1921.
The recall was successful, and (additional info and facts about Ragnvald A. Nestos) Ragnvald A. Nestos was elected as a replacement.
Frazier was the first American (The head of a state government) governor ever successfully recalled from office.
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However, he was removed from office in 1921 in a recall election.
Maddock was the first North Dakota governor born in the state.
This North Dakota capitol burned on December 28, 1930, and the present-day skyscraper was constructed in the early 1930s.
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 Dakota Datebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
What many North Dakotans don’t realize is that our state has the dubious distinction of having once recalled a governor; in 1921, Lynn Frazier was the first and only state governor to ever be recalled.
Dakota Datebook is a project of North Dakota Public Radio, in partnership with the State Historical Society of North Dakota, with funding from the North Dakota Humanities Council.
North Dakota Public Radio is a service of Prairie Public Broadcasting in association with North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota.
www.prairiepublic.org /programs/datebook/bydate/100703.jsp   (645 words)

  
 Local Moving Companies and moving services North Dakota, ND - Moving Care .com
North Dakota, State In The N Central United States.
Situated In The Geographical Center Of North America, North Dakota Is Subject To The Extremes Of A Continental Climate.
North Dakota Is One Of The Most Rural States In The Nation; The Cities And Towns Supply The Needs Of Neighboring Farms, And Industry Is Largely Devoted To The Processing Of Agricultural Products.
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 USATODAY.com - Analysts: Davis can survive vote   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
California's recall law calls for a successor to be chosen at the same time an official is ousted.
The key date for Davis is Aug. 9, the candidate filing deadline for the recall ballot.
If poll numbers showing support for recalling Davis are dropping by then, other Democrats won't be tempted to jump in to try to save the party's hold on the governor's office.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-07-27-davis-usat_x.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Research Papers Written on North Dakota History
The Research Papers Written on North Dakota History were written by undergraduate and graduate students at the University of North Dakota.
Brudvig, Glenn L., "The Shortridge Administration and the Legislature of 1893; A Chapter in North Dakota Populism," January 1956.
Roper, Stephanie Abbot, "Anti-Black Prejudice in North Dakota, 1860-1940," (undated).
www.und.nodak.edu /dept/library/Collections/og263.html   (3190 words)

  
 Dakota Datebook
North Dakota has the distinction of having had the first governor to ever be recalled, but the person who took away his job in the recall election is little known today.
Nestos was born in a mountainous region of Norway in 1877, the oldest of ten children.
In his memoirs, Nestos recalled, “The Fourth of July was celebrated in that little town that year, but I had a lone nickel with which to celebrate the day.
www.prairiepublic.org /programs/datebook/bydate/03/1003/102803.jsp   (770 words)

  
 CNN.com Specials
It is only the second time in U.S. history that a sitting governor has been recalled, the first being North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
If ousted, Davis would be the second governor in U.S. history to be recalled, the first being North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who declined to join the race, called the recall a "carnival." If ousted, Davis would be the second governor in U.S. history to be recalled, the first being North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
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However, he was removed from office in 1921 in a recall election.
During his administration, North Dakota came into national compliance for registering births and deaths, and North Dakota had a full-time health officer for the first time.
This North Dakota capitol burned on December 28, 1930, and the present-day skyscraper was constructed in the early 1930s.
www.nd.gov /hist/ndgov3.htm   (1459 words)

  
 FindLaw's Writ - Hasen: The California Gubernatorial Recall Debate and the Courts
In one suit, a group of recall proponents sued certain counties that they allege are not verifying signatures on recall petitions fast enough.
Indeed, only one other governor has been recalled in the history of the United States, and that was in North Dakota in 1921.
In the California gubernatorial recall, a successor might be elected with the support of as little as 15% of voters.
writ.news.findlaw.com /commentary/20030722_hasen.html   (1679 words)

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