Frank Mitchell Bogert (January 1, 1910 – March 22, 2009) was an American cowboy, professional rodeo announcer, author, and politician best known as the longtime mayor of Palm Springs, California.

Born in Mesa, Colorado to Henry Kneeland Bogert and Adaline Esther Mitchell, he was raised in the California mountain town of Wrightwood in San Bernardino County.

[6] At the time, Palm Springs was in the early stages of becoming a recreation destination, with hotels such as the El Mirador and Desert Inn attracting wealthy tourists during the town’s temperate winters.

Bogert was also attending the University of California, Los Angeles, which he had entered in hopes of courting Marion Dale, a future Olympic athlete.

[5] As Mayor of Palm Springs in the mid-1960's, Bogert was an advocate for the eviction of non-Native Americans from Section 14, a tract of land held by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians but leased to others.

[9] The Palm Springs Human Relations Commission cited this history, as well as a conflict of interest while Bogert acted as conservator for tribal land which was being demolished by the city, and alleged racist comments regarding the "poor Blacks" who lived in Section 14, as justification for removing a statue of Bogert on horseback[10] placed in 1990 in front of the Palm Springs City Hall.