Emory Cole
Emory Ryan Cole 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.