Norman A. Mozley

Mozley was born on December 11, 1865, in Johnson County, Illinois. He grew up on a farm and received his education from common schools.^[1] In March 1887, he moved to Stoddard County, Missouri, where he worked as an educator.^[2] He studied law, and in 1891, was admitted to the bar, after which he commenced practice in Bloomfield, Missouri.^[1] He later moved to Dexter. On March 25, 1895, he married Effie Smith.^[3] He had children.^[4]

Mozley was a Republican.^[3] He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897, representing Missouri's 14th district.^[1] He served in the 54th United States Congress and was the youngest Congressman during his tenure,^[5] as well as the first Republican elected by the 14th district.^[6] He lost the primaries for the following election.^[1] In 1906, he unsuccessfully ran for judge of the Springfield Court of Appeals. He was a delegate at-large to the 1921 Missouri Constitutional Convention,^[3] and was a bipartisan delegate-elected at-large to the 1922 Convention. In the 1922 Convention, he opposed the proposed changes.^[7] He died while a delegate to the 1922 Convention.^[3]

After serving in Congress, Mozley returned to practicing law.^[1] From April 12, 1919, to July 1921, he was commissioner of the Supreme Court of Missouri.^[2][8] He later moved to Poplar Bluff, where he practiced law. He died on May 9, 1922, aged 56, in Bloomfield, from illness.^[9] He was buried at Bloomfield Cemetery.^[1]