Born on his father's farm, near Mechanicsville, Cedar county, Iowa, July 8, 1862. He attended the common schools of that county from 1868 until 1876, after which he spent three years in the Mechanicsville high school. In September, 1879, he entered the preparatory department of Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon, took the classical course, and on June 16, 1884, graduated with the degree of A. B. He was manager of the college baseball team for two years and held various offices in the Adelphian Literary society. He then entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and July 1, 1886, graduated from the law department with the degree of LL. B. In June, 1887, Cornell College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. In 1885 he enlisted as a private in the Iowa National Guard and rose successively to orderly sergeant and second lieutenant in 1889, captain in 1890, and major in 1894. Governor Shaw issued his call for volunteers for the Spanish-American war on April 25, 1898. On this day Lieutenant Colonel Moffit travelled across half the state, and found himself reporting to the adjutant-general for duty, at 9:30 A. M. He was enrolled as major of the Fiftieth Iowa on April 26; mustered in to the United States service on May 18th, and on August 20th was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fiftieth Iowa Volunteer infantry. This regiment was the first to leave Iowa for the south. He was regularly mustered out, with his regiment, on November 20, 1898. Lieutenant-Colonel Moffit has always been a republican. He was a delegate from Iowa to the republican national convention which met at Minneapolis in 1892, being but 29 years of age at that time. He was one of the youngest members of that body, certainly the youngest of the Iowa delegation. He takes an active interest in politics, but has never sought office. In the spring of 1896, Tipton was organized into a city of the second class and he was elected its first mayor under the new order, although against his wish. He was president of the Republican club of Cedar County in 1888, and held a similar office in the McKinley club of Tipton in 1896. He represented Cedar County as a Senator in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Iowa General Assemblies, 1900-1902. He was married to Miss Winifred E. Hecht, daughter of Fred and Margaret E. Hecht, at Clarence, Iowa, September 28, 1892.

Born on his father's farm, near Mechanicsville, Cedar county, Iowa, July 8, 1862. He attended the common schools of that county from 1868 until 1876, after which he spent three years in the Mechanicsville high school. In September, 1879, he entered the preparatory department of Cornell College, at Mt. Vernon, took the classical course, and on June 16, 1884, graduated with the degree of A. B. He was manager of the college baseball team for two years and held various offices in the Adelphian Literary society. He then entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and July 1, 1886, graduated from the law department with the degree of LL. B. In June, 1887, Cornell College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. In 1885 he enlisted as a private in the Iowa National Guard and rose successively to orderly sergeant and second lieutenant in 1889, captain in 1890, and major in 1894. Governor Shaw issued his call for volunteers for the Spanish-American war on April 25, 1898. On this day Lieutenant Colonel Moffit travelled across half the state, and found himself reporting to the adjutant-general for duty, at 9:30 A. M. He was enrolled as major of the Fiftieth Iowa on April 26; mustered in to the United States service on May 18th, and on August 20th was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Fiftieth Iowa Volunteer infantry. This regiment was the first to leave Iowa for the south. He was regularly mustered out, with his regiment, on November 20, 1898. Lieutenant-Colonel Moffit has always been a republican. He was a delegate from Iowa to the republican national convention which met at Minneapolis in 1892, being but 29 years of age at that time. He was one of the youngest members of that body, certainly the youngest of the Iowa delegation. He takes an active interest in politics, but has never sought office. In the spring of 1896, Tipton was organized into a city of the second class and he was elected its first mayor under the new order, although against his wish. He was president of the Republican club of Cedar County in 1888, and held a similar office in the McKinley club of Tipton in 1896. He represented Cedar County as a Senator in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Iowa General Assemblies, 1900-1902. He was married to Miss Winifred E. Hecht, daughter of Fred and Margaret E. Hecht, at Clarence, Iowa, September 28, 1892.