Frank Mockler

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''Frank Carpenter Mockler''' (April 4, 1909 – November 16, 1993)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&q=%22Mockler%2C+Frank+Carpenter%22&pg=PA197|title = American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994|isbn = 9780313302121|last1 = Sharp|first1 = Nancy Weatherly|last2 = Sharp|first2 = James Roger|last3 = Ritter|first3 = Charles F.|last4 = Wakelyn|first4 = Jon L.|year = 1997| publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> was an American attorney who served as the [[governor of American Samoa]]. Mockler was the [[county attorney]] for [[Fremont County, Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Roncalio|first=Teno|title=The Truth About Teno|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dvImAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2337,486148&dq=frank-mockler&hl=en|access-date=8 June 2010|newspaper=The Sundance Times|date=29 October 1970|author-link=Teno Roncalio|page=4}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He was [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]] in 1951 as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|title=Votes Sought in Wyoming|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sv0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X9oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,2961661&dq=frank-mockler&hl=en|access-date=8 June 2010|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|date=7 May 1952|agency=Reading Eagle Company|location=[[Reading, Pennsylvania]]|page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Past Officers of Wyoming State Legislatures|url=http://vote.wyoming.gov/SecretaryDesk/docs/LegOfficers.pdf|publisher=[[Wyoming Legislature]]|access-date=8 June 2010|location=[[Cheyenne, Wyoming]]|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618181553/http://vote.wyoming.gov/SecretaryDesk/docs/LegOfficers.pdf|archive-date=18 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was [[Secretary of American Samoa]] under [[John Morse Haydon]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Andelman|first=David|title=2 Criminal Counts Against Governor of American Samoa Quickly Dropper|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 September 1973|author-link=David A. Andelman|agency=[[The New York Times Company]]|location=[[New York City]]}}</ref> Mockler took the office of [[Governor of American Samoa]] on October 15, 1974, and ended his term on February 6, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sorensen |first=Stan |title=The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1606-2007 |url=http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |publisher=[[Government of American Samoa]] |access-date=8 June 2010 |page=253 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325111039/http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 }}</ref> After leaving the governor's seat, Mockler moved to [[Longboat Key, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Briefing on Samoa|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZQIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OY4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4113,4053722&dq=frank-mockler&hl=en|access-date=8 June 2010|newspaper=[[Sarasota Journal]]|date=20 May 1977|location=[[Sarasota, Florida]]|page=4-A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Third Annual Po Mahina|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zQsdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w44EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4398,2574847&dq=frank-mockler&hl=en|access-date=8 June 2010|newspaper=[[Sarasota Journal]]|date=21 April 1980|location=[[Sarasota, Florida]]}}</ref>

Mockler served as [[Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa|Lieutenant Governor]] under Governor [[John Morse Haydon]]. When Haydon was recalled for interfering in the gubernatorial election process, Mockler was appointed Governor with the understanding that his term would last only a few months.<ref>Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). ''Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000''. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 96. ISBN 9829036022.</ref>

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== External links == * [https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchellson-moeur.html#229.76.21 Frank C. Mockler at politicalgraveyard.com]

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