Andrew W. Hockenhull was the tenth Governor of New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

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Hockenhull was born in rural Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. He attended Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar is the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,325 at the 2010 census. The city was named for Bolivar, Tennessee, home to many of the original settlers, and like that city its name is pronounced to rhyme with Oliver...

, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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 in 1897, and studied law at the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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. Hockenhull married Mame Drake of Bolivar, Missouri on November 20, 1901, and had three daughters.

Hockenhull moved to New Mexico Territory

New Mexico Territory

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 in 1908 and began practicing law in Clovis

Clovis, New Mexico

Clovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 32,667 at the 2000 census; according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population had risen to 37,775....

 in 1909. He also served as assistant district attorney (1912–1916), and city attorney for six years. A Democrat, Hockenhull was elected Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico

Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico is an official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the Governor of New Mexico. The current lieutenant governor is John Sanchez.- Partial list of Lieutenant Governors of New Mexico :...

 in 1930 and was re-elected in 1932. He became Governor upon the death of Governor Arthur Seligman

Arthur Seligman

Arthur Seligman was an American businessman and politician.Seligman was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, the son of Bernard and Frances Seligman. In 1887, Seligman graduated from the Southmore College Preparatory School in Pennsylvania, and from Pierce's College of Business in Philadelphia...

 in September, 1933, and completed the term in 1934.

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.