Frank Carpenter Mockler was an American

United States

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 attorney who served as the 47th Governor of American Samoa. Mockler was the county attorney

County attorney

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 for Fremont County, Wyoming. He was Speaker

Speaker (politics)

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 of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Wyoming House of Representatives

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 in 1951. He was Secretary of American Samoa under John Morse Haydon

John Morse Haydon

John Morse Haydon was the governor of the American Samoa from 1969 to 1974. Haydon attended the University of Washington. He served as First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force during World War II and flew 35 combat missions over Germany...

. Mockler took the office of Governor of American Samoa on October 15, 1974, and ended his term on February 6, 1975. After leaving the governor's seat, Mockler moved to Longboat Key, Florida

Longboat Key, Florida

Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between Manatee...

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