Emory Cole

Emory Ryan Cole
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Personal details
Born(1893-09-03)September 3, 1893
DiedAugust 16, 1968(1968-08-16) (aged 74)
PartyRepublican
Alma materHoward University

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.

He served in the U.S. military. He graduated from Howard University. He was a Republican. He lost his 1958 re-election campaign to Verda F. Welcome.

He has sometimes been noted as Emery Ryan Cole. He and Truly Hatchett were the first African Americans to serve in the body.

He was a veteran of World War II. He lost re-election to Verda Welcome who succeeded him in office.

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