# Emory Cole

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{{Short description|American politician (1893–1968)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Emory Ryan Cole
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = September 3, 1893
| birth_place = [Cockeysville, Maryland](/source/Cockeysville%2C_Maryland), U.S.
| death_date = August 16, 1968
| death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| office = Member of the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/Maryland_House_of_Delegates)
| term_start = 1955
| term_end = 1959
| office1 = 
| office2 = 
| alma_mater = [Howard University](/source/Howard_University)
}}
'''Emory Ryan Cole''' (September 3, 1893 – August 16, 1968) was a lawyer and [state legislator](/source/state_legislator) in Maryland. He served in the [Maryland House of Delegates](/source/Maryland_House_of_Delegates).<ref name="msa">{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/014300/014301/html/14301bio.html|title=Emory Cole, MSA SC 3520-14301|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/014300/014301/html/14301sources.html|title=Emory Cole, MSA SC 3520-14301|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

He served in the U.S. military. He graduated from [Howard University](/source/Howard_University).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw_tAAAAMAAJ&q=emory+ryan+cole|title=Directory of Graduates: Howard University, 1870-1963|first=Howard|last=University|date=February 10, 1965|publisher=the University|via=Google Books}}</ref> He was a Republican.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVkLtW71P7cC&q=emory+r.+cole|title=An Historical List of Public Officials of Maryland|first=Edward C.|last=Papenfuse|date=February 10, 1990|publisher=Maryland State Archives|isbn=9780942370263|via=Google Books}}</ref> He lost his 1958 re-election campaign to [Verda F. Welcome](/source/Verda_F._Welcome).<ref name=msa/>

He has sometimes been noted as '''Emery Ryan Cole'''. He and [Truly Hatchett](/source/Truly_Hatchett) were the first African Americans to serve in the body.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Osterdahl |first1=Andy |title=The Strangest Names In American Political History : Truly Hatchett (1881-1970) |url=https://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/2015/02/truly-hatchett-1881-1970.html |website=The Strangest Names In American Political History |access-date=9 May 2023 |date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

He was a veteran of World War II. He lost re-election to [Verda Welcome](/source/Verda_Welcome) who succeeded him in office.<ref name="msa"/>

==Personal life==

He was a [Freemason](/source/Freemasonry) and an [Elk](/source/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks). Cole was a member of the [Veterans of Foreign Wars](/source/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars) and the [American Legion](/source/American_Legion).<ref name="msa"/>

==See also==
*[List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)](/source/List_of_African-American_officeholders_(1900%E2%80%931959))

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Category:Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
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Category:Howard University School of Law alumni
Category:African-American state legislators in Maryland
Category:20th-century African-American politicians
Category:African-American United States Army personnel
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Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:People from Cockeysville, Maryland
Category:Lawyers from Baltimore
Category:Burials at Baltimore National Cemetery
Category:Politicians from Baltimore
Category:American Freemasons
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly

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