'Brains of the NPL' in ND was America's first state attorney general to be recalled Monday, January 27, 2020
G.F. Herald
The first state attorney general to be removed from office through a recall election in America was North Dakota's William Lemke.
He was the attorney general for North Dakota who was removed in 1921, and may still be the only one removed by this process.
That is not to say that attempts have not been made to remove other state attorneys general. Earlier this month, the effort to remove Bob Ferguson, the attorney general in the state of Washington, was unsuccessful when a judge ruled on Jan. 10 that “the reasons for recall were too vague.”