Ragnvald A. Nestos
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (
April 12,
1877 -
July 15,
1942) was the
Governor of
North Dakota from
1921 through
1925. He gained office when Governor
Lynn Frazier was defeated in first successful attempt to
recall a governor in U.S. history.
He immigrated from Norway as a teenager and spoke no English at the time.