Norman Adolphus Mozley (December 11, 1865 – May 9, 1922) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm in

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, Mozley attended the common schools. He moved to

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, in 1887 and taught school. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in

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. Mozley was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He resumed the practice of law in

. He served as commissioner of the State supreme court in 1919–1921. He moved to

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, and continued the practice of his profession. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1921 and 1922. He died in

, May 9, 1922. He was interred in Bloomfield Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mozley, Norman Adolphus 1865 births 1922 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Johnson County, Illinois People from Bloomfield, Missouri