[1][2] Born in Randolph County, Indiana, Mote attended DePauw University and Wabash College, where he "played tackle on the varsity football team",[3] and received an A.B.
He obtained his legal education from the George Washington University Law School, receiving an LL.B.
[2] Mote married Flora Hunter, with whom he had a son and a daughter.
Mote died at Wabash County Hospital "following a long illness attributed to cancer".
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