Born in Center Point, Indiana, Moss was educated in the common schools of the township and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, for two years.

He taught school in Sugar Ridge Township, and was principal of the graded schools in Harmony, Indiana.

He subsequently became engaged in agricultural pursuits, and served as member of the Indiana State Senate from 1905 to 1909.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Sixty-second Congress).

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