Lynn Frazier

Lynn Frazier
United States Senator
from North Dakota
In office
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1941
Preceded byPorter J. McCumber
Succeeded byWilliam Langer
12th Governor of North Dakota
In office
January 3, 1917 – November 23, 1921
LieutenantHoward R. Wood
Preceded byL. B. Hanna
Succeeded byRagnvald Nestos
Personal details
Born
Lynn Joseph Frazier

(1874-12-21)December 21, 1874
Medford, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJanuary 11, 1947(1947-01-11) (aged 72)
Riverdale, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (NPL faction)
Spouses
Lottie Stafford
(m. 1903; died 1935)
Cathrine Behrens Paulson
(m. 1937)
EducationMayville State University
University of North Dakota (BA)

Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874 – January 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.