Frank W. Mondell Explained

Frank W. Mondell
Image Name:FranklinWMondell.jpg
Order:House Majority Leader
Term Start:1919
Term End:March 3, 1923
Preceded:Claude Kitchin
Succeeded:Nicholas Longworth
State1:Wyoming
District1:At-large
Term Start1:March 4, 1899
Term End1:March 3, 1923
Preceded1:John E. Osborne
Succeeded1:Charles E. Winter
Term Start2:March 4, 1895
Term End2:March 3, 1897
Preceded2:Henry A. Coffeen
Succeeded2:John E. Osborne
Birth Date:6 November 1860
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Party:Republican

Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and railroad construction. He settled in the Wyoming Territory in 1887, was mayor of Newcastle from 1888 to 1895, and served in Congress from 1895 to 1897 and once again from 1899 to 1923. He was majority leader in the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses on the floor of the House and took a prominent part in framing the legislation passed by that body. He took an active part in all the Republican conventions from 1902 to 1924 when he was a chairman at the 1924 Republican National Convention. He died in 1939 in Washington, D.C.