What is Tom Cole?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Tom Cole | office = Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Rules|House Rules Committee]] | image = Rep-Tom-Cole-117thCong.jpeg | predecessor = [[Jim McGovern (American politician)|Jim McGovern]] | successor = | governor2 = [[Frank Keating]] | office2 = 26th [[Oklahoma Secretary of State|Secretary of State of Oklahoma]] | predecessor2 = Glo Henley | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | district1 = {{ushr|OK|4|4th}} | predecessor1 = [[J. C. Watts]] | state1 = [[Oklahoma]] | successor1 = | successor2 = [[Michael J. Hunter|Mike Hunter]] | birth_name = Thomas Jeffery Cole | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|4|28}} | birth_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], U.S. |nationality= United States<br />[[Chickasaw Nation]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Ellen Decker|1971}} | children = 1 | term_start = January 3, 2019 | term_end = | term_start1 = January 3, 2003 | term_end1 = | term_start2 = January 9, 1995 | term_end2 = March 16, 1999 | state_senate4 = Oklahoma | district4 = 45th | termstart4 = November 1988 | termend4 = July 1991 | predecessor4 = [[Helen Cole]] | successor4 = [[Helen Cole]] | education = [[Grinnell College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Yale University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br />[[University of Oklahoma]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) | relations = [[Helen Cole]] (mother) | website = {{url|cole.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Thomas Jeffery Cole''' (born April 28, 1949) is an American politician. He is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|OK|4}}, serving since 2003. He is a member of the [[Re