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Emory Cole
American politician (1893–1968) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emory Ryan Cole (September 3, 1893 – August 16, 1968) was a lawyer and state legislator in Maryland. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates.[1][2]
He served in the U.S. military. He graduated from Howard University.[3] He was a Republican.[4] He lost his 1958 re-election campaign to Verda F. Welcome.[1]
He has sometimes been noted as Emery Ryan Cole. He and Truly Hatchett were the first African Americans to serve in the body.[5]
He was a veteran of World War II. He lost re-election to Verda Welcome who succeeded him in office.[1]
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He was a Freemason and an Elk. Cole was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.[1]
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