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After leaving baseball, Mizell worked in sales and [[public relations]] for the [[Pepsi-Cola]] company in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] until [[1967]]. He entered politics in the [[1960s]] as well, being elected to the [[Davidson County, North Carolina]] board of commissioners in [[1966]], and serving as its chairman. In [[1968]], Mizell, a Republican, was elected to a seat in the [[91st United States Congress]]; he would be re-elected twice, serving a total of six years in the national legislature.
Following his defeat for re-election to a fourth term by Stephen Neal in [[1974]], Mizell was appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, a post he held from March 1975 to May [[1976]]. He unsuccessfully attempted to recover his House seat in [[1976]], after which he served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Governmental and Public Affairs in the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] in the [[George H.W. Bush]] administration. Mizell also worked as executive director of the [[President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports]].
After leaving government life, he resided in [[Midway, North Carolina]]; Mizell died in [[1999]] in [[Kerrville, Tennessee]].
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