Emory Cole

Emory Ryan Cole
Emory Ryan Cole
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Personal details
Born	September 3, 1893
Died	August 16, 1968
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Howard 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.^[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]

Personal life

He was a Freemason and an Elk. Cole was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Emory Cole, MSA SC 3520-14301". msa.maryland.gov.
^ "Emory Cole, MSA SC 3520-14301". msa.maryland.gov.
^ University, Howard (February 10, 1965). "Directory of Graduates: Howard University, 1870-1963". the University – via Google Books.
^ Papenfuse, Edward C. (February 10, 1990). An Historical List of Public Officials of Maryland. Maryland State Archives. ISBN 9780942370263 – via Google Books.
^ Osterdahl, Andy (1 February 2015). "The Strangest Names In American Political History : Truly Hatchett (1881-1970)". The Strangest Names In American Political History. Retrieved 9 May 2023.