Emory Cole

Emory Ryan Cole
Emory Ryan Cole
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
	In office; 1955–1959
Personal details
Born	September 3, 1893; Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S.
Died	August 16, 1968 (aged 74); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Party	Republican
Education	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]

1 2 3 4 "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.