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Frank W. Mondell

Frank Wheeler Mondell
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming's At-large district
In office
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by John E. Osborne
Succeeded by Charles E. Winter
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by Henry A. Coffeen
Succeeded by John E. Osborne
House Majority Leader
In office
1919–1923
Preceded by Claude Kitchin
Succeeded by Nicholas Longworth
Personal details
Born (1860-11-06)November 6, 1860
St. Louis, Missouri
Died August 6, 1939(1939-08-06) (aged 78)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican

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

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 lived in Wyoming from 1887 onward, 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.



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