# Cash Cole

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**Clarence Cash Cole** (February 12, 1891 – November 8, 1959) was an American politician and businessman from [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau,_Alaska), who served in the [Alaska Territorial House of Representatives](/source/Alaska_House_of_Representatives) from 1921 to 1925, representing the 1st [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district) as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) in the 5th and 6th territorial legislatures. He served as the fifth [speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives](/source/List_of_speakers_of_the_Alaska_House_of_Representatives) from 1923 to 1925 in the 6th territorial legislature.

## Early life and education

Cole was born in [Henderson Bay, Washington](/source/Gig_Harbor,_Washington), on February 12, 1891.[1][2] He moved to Treadwell with his parents when he was four years old. Cole was educated at [public schools](/source/State_school) in [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau,_Alaska), and attended the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota).[1]

## Career

After college, Cole worked in the business sector in Juneau, engaging in draying, docking, and contracting. He was the [president](/source/President_(corporate_title)) and [general manager](/source/General_manager) of the Cole Transfer Company.[1]

Cole served two terms in the [Alaska Territorial House of Representatives](/source/Alaska_House_of_Representatives), representing the 1st [electoral district](/source/Electoral_district) from 1921 to 1925 as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) in the 5th and 6th territorial legislatures. He served one term as the fifth [speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives](/source/List_of_speakers_of_the_Alaska_House_of_Representatives) from 1923 to 1925 in the 6th territorial legislature.[3]

Outside of the [Alaska Territorial Legislature](/source/Alaska_State_Legislature), Cole worked as an agent for [American Railway Express](/source/Railway_Express_Agency).[2] He also served as Alaska's territorial auditor from 1929 to 1932.[1][4] Additionally, Cole was a candidate for [delegate](/source/Delegate_(American_politics)) to the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) from the [Territory of Alaska](/source/Territory_of_Alaska) in 1940.[5]

Cole won the popular vote on a [referendum](/source/Referendum) for [governor of Alaska](/source/List_of_governors_of_Alaska) in 1923.[2] Despite this, Republican [George Alexander Parks](/source/George_Alexander_Parks) was appointed territorial governor in 1924 through official federal channels.[6]

## Personal life and death

Cole married Ruby C. Worth in Juneau on March 7, 1915. They had three children: James Cash Cole (born June 25, 1916), Thomas Phillip Cole (born June 23, 1917), and Jerry Worth Cole (born March 22, 1926).[1]

Cole and Worth divorced prior to 1940. He remarried to Ruth Marcella (Marsh) Gudbranson on January 20, 1945.[1][7]

Cole was a member of [The Elks](/source/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks) and the [Pioneers of Alaska](/source/Pioneers_of_Alaska).[1][2] He served as president of Juneau Men's Igloo 6 in 1938.[1][8] In the 1920s, Cole served as [Exalted Cyclops](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan_titles_and_vocabulary) of Mt. Juneau [Klavern](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan_titles_and_vocabulary) No. 2, a local chapter of the [Ku Klux Klan](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan) in Juneau.[9][10]

Cole was a [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterianism).[5]

Cole died at the age of 68 in [Bellingham, Washington](/source/Bellingham,_Washington), on November 8, 1959.[1]

## References

1. ["Cole, Clarence Cash"](https://poajuneau.nationbuilder.com/cole_clarence_cash). [Pioneers of Alaska](/source/Pioneers_of_Alaska). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251126173645/https://poajuneau.nationbuilder.com/cole_clarence_cash) November 26, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 7, 2026.

1. ["Cash Cole"](https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=1015). *100 Years of Alaska's Legislature*. [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau,_Alaska): [Alaska State Legislature](/source/Alaska_State_Legislature). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250705003406/https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=1015) July 5, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

1. ["Alaska Constitutional Convention"](https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf). [Alaska State Legislature](/source/Alaska_State_Legislature). pp. 9–10. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251220081157/https://akleg.gov/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf) December 20, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

1. ["Cole House"](https://juneau.org/community-development/hsd-list/entry/41905). City and Borough of Juneau. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251112202739/https://juneau.org/community-development/hsd-list/entry/41905) November 12, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

1. ["Cole"](https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html). [The Political Graveyard](/source/The_Political_Graveyard). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251206221857/https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html) December 6, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

1. *[Alaska Daily Empire](/source/Juneau_Empire)*. [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau,_Alaska). February 13, 1924.

1. Ferrell, Ed. *Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950*. Vol. 3. p. 66.

1. ["Past Igloo Presidents"](https://poajuneau.nationbuilder.com/past_igloo_presidents). [Pioneers of Alaska](/source/Pioneers_of_Alaska). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20251203072101/https://poajuneau.nationbuilder.com/past_igloo_presidents) December 3, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 7, 2026.

1. ["MS10 Captain Lloyd H. "Kinky" Bayers Collection, 1898–1967 Juneau Historical Subjects Files"](https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/docs/ms010/ms10_juneau_historical_subjects_files_K.pdf). [Alaska State Library](/source/Alaska_State_Library). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181230072952/https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/docs/ms010/ms10_juneau_historical_subjects_files_K.pdf) December 30, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 7, 2026.

1. ["ALASKKKA – The Invisible Empire in the Last Frontier: A Look into the 1920s Klan of the North"](https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/16282). *ScholarWorks@UA*. [University of Alaska System](/source/University_of_Alaska_System). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20260205150758/https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/16282) February 5, 2026 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 7, 2026.

## External links

- [Cash Cole](https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=1015) at *100 Years of Alaska's Legislature*
- [Alaska State Representative Cash Cole.](https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg21/id/15790/) at Alaska's Digital Archives
- [Clarence Cole Cash](https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cole.html#574.13.94) at [The Political Graveyard](/source/The_Political_Graveyard)

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