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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Mose Penton
| image_name =Penton.PNG
| image_size =225px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[September 23]], [[1893]]
| place_of_birth =Seminole, Alabama
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =
| occupation =[[Escambia County Sheriff]]
| religion =[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola|Baptist]]
| spouse =
| parents =Moses Jackson and Angelia Penton
| children =
}}
'''Mose Sylvester Penton''' was [[Escambia County Sheriff]] from [[1923]] to [[1932]].
==Career==
In June [[1923]] he was appointed [[Pensacola Chief of Police|Chief of Police]] for the [[City of Pensacola]]. In October of the same year, Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Cary A. Hardee|Cary A. Hardee]] appointed Penton as [[Escambia County Sheriff]]. Penton was elected Sheriff in his own right in [[1924]], and was re-elected in [[1928]].
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{{succession box | before = [[A. Cary Ellis]] | title = [[Escambia County Sheriff|Escambia County Sheriff]] | years = [[1923]]-[[1932]] | after = [[H. E. Gandy]]}}
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[[Category:Escambia County Sheriffs|Penton, Mose S.]]
| subject_name =Mose Penton
| image_name =Penton.PNG
| image_size =225px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[September 23]], [[1893]]
| place_of_birth =Seminole, Alabama
| date_of_death =
| place_of_death =
| occupation =[[Escambia County Sheriff]]
| religion =[[First Baptist Church of Pensacola|Baptist]]
| spouse =
| parents =Moses Jackson and Angelia Penton
| children =
}}
'''Mose Sylvester Penton''' was [[Escambia County Sheriff]] from [[1923]] to [[1932]].
==Career==
In June [[1923]] he was appointed [[Pensacola Chief of Police|Chief of Police]] for the [[City of Pensacola]]. In October of the same year, Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Cary A. Hardee|Cary A. Hardee]] appointed Penton as [[Escambia County Sheriff]]. Penton was elected Sheriff in his own right in [[1924]], and was re-elected in [[1928]].
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{{succession box | before = [[A. Cary Ellis]] | title = [[Escambia County Sheriff|Escambia County Sheriff]] | years = [[1923]]-[[1932]] | after = [[H. E. Gandy]]}}
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[[Category:Escambia County Sheriffs|Penton, Mose S.]]