Palmer Mosely
{{ infobox officeholder
| office = Governor of the Chickasaw Nation
| term_start = 1902
| term_end = 1904
| predecessor = Douglas H. Johnston
| successor = Douglas H. Johnston
| term_start2 = 1894
| term_end2 = 1896
| predecessor2 = Jonas Wolf
| successor2 = Robert M. Harris
| birth_date = 1851
| death_date = 1908 (aged 56 or 57)
| death_place = Bromide, Oklahoma
}}
Palmer Mosely was a Chickasaw politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1894 to 1896 and 1902 to 1904.
Biography
Palmer Mosely was born in 1851. He entered Chickasaw Nation politics in 1875 as the interpreter for the nation's legislature. In 1877, he was elected to the Chickasaw House of Representatives. In 1882, he served as a county judge and in 1884 he started working for Governor Jonas Wolf. He served as the nation's Superintendent of Schools between 1885 and 1889. In 1897, he signed the Atoka Agreement which began the process of allotting the Chickasaw Nation's Reservation. He was elected as the governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1894 to 1896 and 1902 to 1904.{{cite web |title=Palmer S. Mosely Elected As Governor 1894 |url=https://www.chickasaw.tv/events/palmer-s-mosely-elected-as-governor |website=Chickasaw.tv |publisher=Chickasaw Nation |access-date=25 September 2024}} He died in 1908 in Bromide, Oklahoma.{{cite news |title=Gov. Palmer Mosely |url=https://hof.chickasaw.net/Members/2000/Gov-Palmer-Mosely.aspx |access-date=25 September 2024 |work=Chickasaw Hall of Fame}}
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