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William Lemke recall, Attorney General of North Dakota (1921)
| William Lemke recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| October 28, 1921 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 1921 Recalls in North Dakota North Dakota recall laws State executive recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Attorney General William Lemke (R) was held on October 28, 1921, in North Dakota. Voters recalled Lemke. He was the first state attorney general to be recalled.[1][2]
Lemke was a member of the North Dakota Industrial Commission. The other members of the commission, Governor Lynn Frazier and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor John Hagan, were also recalled on October 28, 1921.[3]
Recall vote
Lemke ran against Sveinbjorn Johnson in the recall election. Voters elected Johnson, who received 112,361 votes. Lemke received 105,575 votes.[1]
Recall supporters
The Independent Voters' Association, the anti-Townley Republican State Committee, and the Democratic State Committee were all involved in the recall effort.[3]
In a letter, the secretary of the Independent Voters' Association, Theodore G. Nelson wrote, "In this recall election campaign the principal questions involved are whether or not public officials shall be required to render honest public service and not be permitted to appropriate public property for their personal gain. These are fundamental principles of public government and civilization itself."[3]
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Attorney General of North Dakota
- Recall campaigns in North Dakota
- State executive recalls
- Lynn Frazier recall, Governor of North Dakota (1921)
- John Hagan recall, North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor (1921)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Special Recall Election - October 28, 1921," accessed September 11, 2024
- ↑ State of North Dakota Courts, "'Brains of the NPL' in ND was America's first state attorney general to be recalled," January 27, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New York Times, "North Dakota to Vote Oct. 28 on Recall Aimed at Gov. Frazier and Townley League," accessed September 11, 2024
