Reuben Moores Norton (September 30, 1796 – April 24, 1884) was an American businessman and the first mayor of Racine, Wisconsin.

[2][3] They purchased and slaughtered cattle from southeast Wisconsin and northern Illinois, then packed and shipped the meat down the river to Lake Michigan, and on to markets in New York and Boston.

[2] In April 1848, Norton was elected as a member of the last board of trustees for the Village of Racine, before it was abolished and replaced by the new city government.

[5] Norton was elected with 47% of the vote over Whig and Democratic candidates Matthew B. Mead and Henry Bryan.

Their son, Reuben, enlisted as a private with the 20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War and died of wounds at the Battle of Prairie Grove.