On October 7, 2003, Davis was recalled in the second such election in U.S. history, after the removal of Lynn Frazier of North Dakota in 1921. He was succeeded in office on November 17, 2003, by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who won the recall replacement election. Davis spent 1,778 days as governor and signed 5,132 bills out of 6,244, vetoing 1,112 bills. Since being recalled, Davis has worked as a lecturer at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, as an attorney at Loeb & Loeb and sat on the Board of Directors of the animation company DiC Entertainment.