Nestos:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Lynn Frazier Non-Partisan League Ragnvald A. Nestos Republican/IVA The 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election was a recall election of North Dakota Governor Lynn Frazier in 1921.

The 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.

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.