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The 1938 Los Angeles mayoral recall election took place on September 16, 1938, following the recall of incumbent Frank L. Shaw. Shaw was defeated by Fletcher Bowron in the election, making him the first recalled mayor in American history.
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
Election
Shaw had been accosted with corruption in City Hall which led to a recall movement against him and his close associates. Reformers who opposed Shaw and the Los Angeles Times both agreed that Shaw was "building the largest machine in the city's history," choosing Fletcher Bowron, a Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, to run against Shaw. The reformers campaigned for Shaw's recall saying that he did not do enough to stop crime and that he had supposedly committeed arious crimes during his tenure. The recall was approved by voters by a large margin, and Bowron defeated Shaw by a landslide.
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
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235,395 | 64.65 |
| No | 128,727 | 35.35 |
| Total votes | 364,122 | 100.00 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Fletcher Bowron | 233,427 | 64.33 | |
| Frank L. Shaw (incumbent) | 122,692 | 33.81 | |
| Alonzo J. Riggs | 4,050 | 1.12 | |
| Albert F. Osterloh | 2,706 | 0.75 | |
| Total votes | 362,875 | 100.00 | |
See also
References and footnotes
- John R. Babcock, "When Los Angeles Was a World-Class City of Corruption," Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 12, 1989, page A-19
- "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
- Viehe, Fred W. (1980). "The Recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw: A Revision". California History. 59 (4). University of California Press: 290–305. JSTOR 25158002.
- "Judge Named on Reform Ticket". Imperial Valley Press. August 9, 1938.
- Sitton, Tom (1987). "Another Generation of Urban Reformers: Los Angeles in the 1930s". The Western Historical Quarterly. 18 (3). Oxford University Press: 315–332. doi:10.2307/969090. JSTOR 969090.
- "Formidable Ofensiva del Japón La Primera Autoridad". La Opinión (in Spanish). October 13, 1938.
- "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
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