{{Short description|10th Governor of New Mexico}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew W. Hockenhull | image = Andrew Hockenhull.jpg | caption = | order = 10th | office = Governor of New Mexico | term_start = September 25, 1933 | term_end = January 1, 1935 | lieutenant = ''Vacant'' | predecessor = [[Arthur Seligman]] | successor = [[Clyde Tingley]] | office2 = Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico | term_start2 = January 1, 1931 | term_end2 = September 25, 1933 | governor2 = [[Arthur Seligman]] | predecessor2 = [[Hugh B. Woodward]] | successor2 = [[Louis Cabeza de Baca]] | order2 = 8th | birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|1|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = near [[Bolivar, Missouri|Bolivar]], [[Missouri]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|6|20|1877|1|16}} | death_place = [[Clovis, New Mexico|Clovis]], [[New Mexico]], U.S. | spouse = Mamie Drake | profession = [[Lawyer|Attorney]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | footnotes = }} '''Andrew W. Hockenhull''' (January 16, 1877 – June 20, 1974) was an American attorney and the tenth [[governor of New Mexico]].
==Background== Hockenhull was born in rural [[Missouri]], near [[Bolivar, Missouri|Bolivar]]. He attended [[Southwest Baptist University|Southwest Baptist College]] in Bolivar, received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Missouri]] in 1897, and studied law at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=218–219|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103924/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> Hockenhull married Maine Drake at Bolivar, Mo. on November 20, 1901. They had three daughters, Gertrude, Virginia, and Helen.
Hockenhull moved to [[New Mexico Territory]] in 1908 and homesteaded near [[Tucumcari, New Mexico|Tucumcari]], in [[Quay County, New Mexico|Quay County]]. In 1909 he moved to [[Clovis, New Mexico|Clovis]] and began practicing law there in 1909. He also served as assistant district attorney (1912–1916), and city attorney for six years. During [[World War I]], he served as a member of the Lawyers Committee and the Council of Defense. A lawyer and banker, he had extensive agricultural interests throughout [[Curry County, New Mexico|Curry County]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130704091221/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=1259/] New Mexico Office of the State Historian</ref> A [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], Hockenhull was elected [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico|lieutenant governor of New Mexico]] in 1930 and was re-elected in 1932.<ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=218–219|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103924/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> He became [[governor of New Mexico|governor]] upon the death of Governor [[Arthur Seligman]] in September, 1933, and completed the term <ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=211|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103924/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> on December 31, 1934.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130704091221/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=1259/] New Mexico Office of the State Historian</ref>
Contending with the [[Great Depression]] consumed most of his term.<ref>http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_new_mexico/col2-content/main-content-list/title_hockenhull_andrew.html/ National Governors Association biography</ref> After leaving office, Hockenhull returned to his legal career. In 1939, he was appointed postmaster of Clovis, starting May 31, 1939.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130704091221/http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=1259/] New Mexico Office of the State Historian</ref> he died in 1974
==Titles== He is the second Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico to assume the governor's office due to the death of the sitting governor. He also holds the title of the longest surviving former-governor of New Mexico, living 97 years, and 40 years beyond the expiration of his term.
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