1921 United States gubernatorial elections

1921 United States gubernatorial elections

←  1920 October 28, 1921 (ND) November 8, 1921 (VA) 1922  →
2 governorships [a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 34 14 Seats after 34 14 Seat change Seats up 1 1 Seats won 1 1
Democratic hold      Republican hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1921, in two states.

Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year.

In North Dakota, the first-ever gubernatorial recall election was held. ^[1] Incumbent governor Lynn Frazier was the first American 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.

This election marked Republican's largest gubernatorial extent in history, tying with Jim Justice's party switch in 2017.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
North Dakota (recall election) (held, 28 October 1921)	Lynn J. Frazier	R-NPL	Defeated, 49.06%	Ragnvald A. Nestos (R-IVA) 50.94% [2]
Virginia (held, 8 November 1921)	Westmoreland Davis	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Elbert Lee Trinkle (Democratic) 66.15% Henry W. Anderson (Republican) 31.24% John Mitchell Jr. (Black and Tan Republican) 2.39% John P. Goodman (Independent) 0.12% Mrs. George Custis (Independent) 0.11% [3]

Notes

1. Including a recall election in North Dakota.

References

1. "North Dakota to Vote October 28 on Recall Aimed at Gov. Frazier and Townley League". The New York Times , September 17, 1921, p. 1.
2. "ND Governor, 1921 – Recall Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
3. "VA Governor, 1921". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 24, 2019.