Emory Cole
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. Personal life

He was a Freemason and an Elk. Cole was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. See also
List of African-American officeholders (1900–1959)

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1893 births
1968 deaths
Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Military personnel from Baltimore
Howard University School of Law alumni
African-American state legislators in Maryland
20th-century African-American politicians
20th-century American politicians
African-American men in politics
African-American United States Army personnel
United States Army personnel of World War I
United States Army soldiers
People from Cockeysville, Maryland
Lawyers from Baltimore
Burials at Baltimore National Cemetery
Politicians from Baltimore
Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
American Freemasons