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Lynn J. Frazier
Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1923 to 1941. He was the first American governor ever successfully recalled from office. The only other American governor to ever be recalled is Gray Davis, who was recalled in 2003. Early life Frazier was born in Medford, Minnesota. His family moved to North Dakota when he was six years old. He graduated from Grafton High School in 1892, and Mayville Normal School in 1895. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of North Dakota and graduated with honors. Prior to his career in state and national politics, Frazier was a farmer and school teacher. Frazier intended to become a doctor, but the unexpected deaths of his father and brother forced him to take over the family farm. Career After winning the Republican primary as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harris & Ewing
Harris & Ewing Inc. was a photographic studio in Washington, D.C. established by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing. As a full service studio, it did portraits and also had a news photo service. Various museums and the Library of Congress have collections of their photographs. History As a rookie news photographer, G. W. Harris covered the Johnstown Flood, Johnstown flood of 1889 in Pennsylvania. He worked at Hearst Corporation, Hearst News Service in San Francisco from 1900 to 1903, then joined President Theodore Roosevelt's press entourage on a train trip. Roosevelt, or a San Francisco newspaper editor, angry at having no photograph of George Frisbie Hoar to run with the story of his death, urged him to open a studio in Washington D.C. Harris and Martha Ewing opened their studio in 1905 at 1313 F Street NW. Ewing, an artist and Hand-colouring of photographs, colorist with whom he had worked, financed the company and managed the studio. They replaced the building with a new H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 North Dakota Gubernatorial Recall Election
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 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or continent movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to implement change at the local, regional, national, or international levels. Grassroots movements are associated with bottom-up, rather than top-down decision-making, and are sometimes considered more natural or spontaneous than more traditional power structures. Grassroots movements, using self-organization, encourage community members to contribute by taking responsibility and action for their community. Grassroots movements utilize a variety of strategies from fundraising and registering voters, to simply encouraging political conversation. Goals of specific movements vary and change, but the movements are consistent in their focus on increasing mass participation in politics. These political movements may begin as small and at the local le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depression (economics)
An economic depression is a period of carried long-term economic downturn that is the result of lowered economic activity in one or more major national economies. It is often understood in economics that economic crisis and the following recession that may be named economic depression are part of economic cycles where the slowdown of the economy follows the economic growth and vice versa. It is a result of more severe economic problems or a ''downturn'' than the economic recession, recession itself, which is a slowdown in economic activity over the course of the normal business cycle of growing economy. Economic depressions may also be characterized by their length or duration, showing increases in unemployment, larger increases in unemployment or even abnormally large levels of unemployment (as with for example some problems in Japan in incorporating digital economy, that such technological difficulty resulting in very large unemployment rates or lack of good social balance in emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 North Dakota Gubernatorial Election ...
The 1920 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Lynn Frazier defeated Democratic nominee James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor with 51.01% of the vote. Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 30, 1920. Republican primary Candidates *Lynn Frazier, incumbent Governor *William Langer, North Dakota Attorney General Results General election Candidates *Lynn Frazier, Republican *James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor, Democratic Results References {{1920 United States elections 1920 North Dakota Gubernatorial A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 North Dakota Gubernatorial Election ...
The 1918 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. Incumbent Republican Lynn Frazier defeated Democratic nominee S. J. Doyle with 59.74% of the vote. Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 26, 1918. Democratic primary Candidates *S. J. Doyle *G. W. Wilkinson Results Republican primary Candidates *Lynn Frazier, incumbent Governor * John Steen, North Dakota State Treasurer Results General election Candidates *Lynn Frazier, Republican *S. J. Doyle, Democratic Results References {{1918 United States elections 1918 North Dakota Gubernatorial A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UMW Coal Strike Of 1919
The United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919 saw bituminous coal miners strike for over a month, from November 1 to December 10, 1919, for better wages. Background 1919 in the United States saw the country undergoing the First Red Scare a period marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings. At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of communism and anarchism in the American labor movement fueled a general sense of concern. Add to this was the ongoing steel strike of 1919, an attempt by the weakened Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (AA) to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I. The strike had begun on September 22, 1919. Coal strike of 1919 The United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis announced a strike for November 1, 1919. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dakota Mill And Elevator
The North Dakota Mill and Elevator is the largest flour mill in the United States. It is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Established by the state government when it was led by Nonpartisan League representatives, it is the only state-owned milling facility in the United States. It is overseen by the North Dakota Industrial Commission, whose members are all public officers elected by popular vote. History The North Dakota Mill and Elevator Association started operations on October 22, 1922. The facility was built by the state as a way of bypassing what many area wheat farmers considered unfair business practices on the part of the railroads and milling facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat .... Immigrants especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of North Dakota
The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is a State-owned enterprise, state-owned, state-run financial institution based in Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota. It is the only government-owned general-service bank in the United States. It is the legal depository for all state funds in North Dakota, and uses these deposits to fund Economic development, development, Agriculture in North Dakota, agriculture, and small businesses. The bank was established in the early 20th century to promote agriculture, commerce, and industry in the state. It has received praise and media attention in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and for their actions during the Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic. According to available data, the bank has turned a profit every year since its founding. The BND has a favorable reputation among North Dakotans. Other states have tried to replicate the BND elsewhere, but have been limited by Gridlock (politics), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 North Dakota Gubernatorial Election
The 1916 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Republican nominee Lynn Frazier defeated Democratic nominee D. H. McArthur with 79.24% of the vote. Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 28, 1916. Democratic primary Candidates *D. H. McArthur *L. H. Platou * Halvor L. Halvorson, former President of the Minot City Commission Results Republican primary Candidates *Lynn Frazier, farmer * Usher L. Burdick, former Lieutenant Governor * John H. Fraine, incumbent Lieutenant Governor *George J. Smith Results General election Candidates Major party candidates *Lynn Frazier, Republican *D. H. McArthur, Democratic Other candidates *Oscar A. Johnson, Socialist Results References {{North Dakota elections 1916 North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dakota Republican Party
The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. Its platform is conservative. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat, both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, and it has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. History The state Republican Party has always been a major force in state politics, in many cases having a dominant position. Founded in 1889, the Party initially dominated all state politics for the state's first 20 years of existence, with the exception of a brief period from 1893 to 1894 in which the North Dakota Democratic-Independent Party briefly overthrew the Republican Party. In the early 20th century, the Party was effectively divided into two groups that nominated candidates on the Republican ticket, the progressive Non-Partisan League (NPL) and the conservative Independent Voters Association (IVA). This period ended wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grafton High School (North Dakota)
Grafton High School is a public high school built in 1981 and located in Grafton, North Dakota. The school is part of the Grafton Public Schools system. The official school colors are maroon and gold and the athletic teams are known as the Spoilers. The current principal is Randy Rice, Activities Director and Assistant Principal is Jon Koehmstedt and Superintendent is Darren Albrecht. Demographics As of the 2017–18 school year, Grafton High School's student body racial demographics consisted of 64% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 0.4% Asian, and 0.4% Two or More Races. Athletics Grafton High School offers 15 athletic varsity programs and is a member of the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA). Athletic co-ops Grafton High School has played host to the Grafton-Park River hockey co-op since the 1982–83 season. GHS has also played host in football, boys' and girls' basketball, cross country, softball, and wrestling. Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
